CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2053
OF 280336Z JUNE 91
HKC181/22
CONFIDENTIAL
Reply in fact
now issued with
HKD being consulted.
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INFO IMMEDIATE DTP
INFO PRIORITY JAKARTA
DTP FOR IAD.
JAKARTA TELNOS. MISC 40 TO HONG KONG AND TELNOS 380, 410 AND 411. HONG KONG/INDONESIA ASA DEFINITION OF TERRITORY.
SUMMARY
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1. WE DO NOT SEE ANY NATURAL LINKAGE BETWEEN THE SEPARATED HONG KONG ASA AND THE TWO UK TREATIES. WE WOULD THEREFORE PREFER HONG KONG'S INTERESTS TO BE DEALT WITH SEPARATELY.
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2. IT WAS ONLY SOME WEEKS AFTER OUR FEBRUARY APPROACH TO THE INDONESIANS ABOUT HK ASA SEPARATION THAT WE WERE GIVEN WARNING THAT THE INDONESIANS WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR STANDARD DEFINITION OF TERRITORY (JAKARTA MISC 40 REFERS). BUT, UNTIL RECEIPT OF JAKARTA TELNO 411, THERE HAS BEEN NO SUGGESTION FROM YOU, OR FROM JAKARTA, THAT WE SHOULD USE THE SEPARATED ASA AS LEVERAGE TO GAIN MOVEMENT ON THE TWO UK/INDONESIA TREATIES, ONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN STALLED OVER DEFINITIONAL PROBLEMS SINCE 1986. WE DO NOT SEE THAT ANY NATURAL LINKAGE BETWEEN THE ASA AND THE TWO UK TREATIES EXISTS NOR DO WE AGREE THAT ANY LINKAGE SHOULD BE CREATED. BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROPOSAL IN JAKARTA TELNO 411 MAY BE BASED ON A MISUNDERSTANDING, NOT ONLY ON HOW AIR SERVICES ARE NORMALLY HANDLED, BUT ALSO ON THE END PRODUCT OF THE ASA SEPARATION NEGOTIATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, WE NOTE THAT JAKARTA'S TUR TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AND AT THE HONG KONG DINNER FOR THE INDONESIAN DELEGATION 21 JUNE.
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3. AS YOU ARE AWARE IT HAS LONG BEEN HMG'S POLICY TO TREAT AIR SERVICES AS SUI GENERIS. THERE ARE MANY PRECEDENTS FOR THIS YOUR OWN EXCHANGE WITH TOKYO EARLIER THIS MONTH BEING THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE. FURTHERMORE, FOR MANY YEARS EVEN BEFORE THE 1984 SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND ITS PREDECESSOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT HK'S AVIATION INTERESTS WERE TREATED SEPARATELY
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