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HANOI
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R McLaren Esq Political Adviser
HONG KONG
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26 August 1982
Acursions and intriguing subject
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VIETNAM:
HO CHI MINII FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION
I was asked to call at the Ministry of Toxolgn Affairs on 25 August to see Vico Joral, Hilairier Load Anh Chanh He was cocompanied by guyon Van Ve, of the MMA'o Logol Department, and by Ngo Tho Doug, the Deputy Disctor of the Air Navigation Deportment of the Civil Avlabḍon Authority of Vietnam.
2. She Vico Minister told me "hot 1t was Vistoan's intontion to resume control of the Ho Chi MiN FIR (formerly Daigon FIR), casac od which atues 1975, have Luon under the control of the Singapova, Tag. cad Hong Wong PIR contuou. As you will.00 trom the attached copy of on Aide Memoire which was handed to nic, the Vio tutumese claim that they have achieved the technical abenduado zoquired to fulfil thode responsibilities and that they chould now be permitted to advialiter the FIR in accordance Vith an ICAO Komorandum of Und mitending signed in Hanoi In 1980.
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3. In parallel, the Vietnamogo intend to revive two of the air traffic routes which listed in the past. They propose to maintain the cxisting route, Aube 1 which overflies Da Nang, The two zonban they vault to reinçroduce would overfly Ho Chi Minh City and qat Whon, appwonlihatoly 550 km south of Da Nang. From a map produced ct the meeting, I gathered that flighto from Bangkok to Manila vopli fly along a corridor known as Green G.67, overdly qui hon and continue along Green 0.67 to Muile. Flights out of Bangkok for Hong Kong would coutime to be routed along Aubur 1. Flighto from Singapozo and Kuula lumpur vould take routes Amber 69 and Aubur" 6.00 respectively to Ho Chi Minh City where both could fly along Amber 6.66 to Qui Ehon, before taking either Groen 6.67 or Ambur 70. (I muy vol1 bave these details slightly wrong, became the map was produced purely as an illustrative support and for a short time only.)
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