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FM JAKARTA
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OF 01065OZ MARCH 91
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AND TO PRIORITY DEPARTMENT OF TRADE, HONG KONG, PEKING
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NFIELDER (DTP)'S LETTER OF 23 JANUARY TO PLUMB: HONG KONG/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES
1. SPEAKING NOTE ENCLOSED WITH LUR WAS PASSED TO DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) AND MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (MOC) ON 8 FEBRUARY UNDER COVER OF EMBASSY NOTE (COPY BY BAG).
HIS
2. ON 26 FEBRUARY, ACCOMPANIED BY WAKELING (ESB/HKG), I CALLED ON WAHYU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, DEA, ASSISTANT SUHRYANTO, SOBIRIN MISBACH, DIRECTOR GENERAL, DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF AIR COMMUNICATIONS, MOC AND JUSUF SJIOER, HEAD FOR (SIC) INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES SECTION, DIRECTORATE OF AIR TRANSPORT, DGAC/MOC FOR FOLLOW-UP.
3. I EXPLAINED PURPOSE OF THE SEPARATION EXERCISE. WAKELING THEN GAVE
DETA LED BRIEFING ON PROGRESS TO DATE (BOTH DFA AND MOC CONTACTS WERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN OUR IMPENDING SIGNATURE WITH MALAYSIA), THE REASONS FOR THE STRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG MODEL AND THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IT AND THE 1973 UK: INDONESIA ASA.
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BOTH DFA AND MOC RESPONDED POSITIVELY, BUT WITHOUT COMMITMENT, ΤΟ THE PROPOSAL THE LATTER MORE SO THAN THE FORMER BUT NEITHER MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO ENTER INTO DETAILED DISCUSSION. WE WILL PURSUE THE MATTER WITH BOTH IN ABOUT 2 MONTHS TIME (RAMADAN BEGINS ON
18 MARCH AND ENDS ON 18 APRIL) IF NEITHER REVERT IN THE INTERIM.
5. SOBIRIN, WHO LED FOR INDONESIA, CONFIRMED THE NEW ASA WITH PRC PROVIDES FOR SERVICES TO/FROM PEKING AND GUANGZHOU AND ARE DUE TO
START ON 1 APRIL. HOWEVER GARUDA'S INAUGURALS MAY BE SLIGHTLY DELAYED. SERVICES TO A THIRD, AS YET UNSELECTED POINT, WILL BEGIN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. ACCORDING TO SOBIRIN, INDONESIA REJECTED PRC'S DEMAND THAT GARUDA SHOULD CEASE OPERATING BETWEEN JAKARTA AND TAIPEI.
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