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115726 MDTTAN 8860
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TO TELELETTER FCO
FM SEOUL
TELELETTER
020/8
OF 16074OZ DECEMBER 91
LKC 181/23
RECE
ISTRY
18
IMO.
8 DEG
1991 (HK/ROK (KOREA)
AK
AIR SERVICES.
INFO TELELETTER DEPT OF TRANSPORT, HONG KONG, JLG HONG KONG
INFO TELELETTER PEKING
FROM: G A HARRISON, SEOUL
TO: IAN DAVIES ESQ, FED, FCO
M COWIN ESQ, RAD, FCO HKD, FCO
IAD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT N MOAKES ESQ, APA, HONG KONG JLG, HONG KONG
POLITICAL SECTION, PEKING
HONG KONG TELNO 3821, PEKING TELNO 2058 AND SEOUL TELNO 572: ROK/PRC
SUMMARY
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CONTRARY TO COMMENTS FROM ROK MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MFA AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DID/DID TAKE PART IN TALKS. BUT NO/NO
AGREEMENT WITH PRC ON AIR SERVICES. SEVERAL DIFFICULT ISSUES
OBSTRUCTING PROGRESS. TRADE TALKS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SEOUL THIS
WEEK AND CONTACTS ARE STILL ON THE INCREASE.
DETAIL
2.
FIRST TUR ASKED FOR COMMENT ON ROK/PRC AIR SERVICES TALKS. THIRD TUR REPORTED ROK MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT VIEWS. HOWEVER YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN PARA 4 OF MY TELELETTER OF 3 DECEMBER, I MENTIONED IN PASSING THAT THE MFA'S DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR ASIA HAD
GONE TO PEKING FOR AVIATION TALKS. AS A FOLLOW-UP ON THIS AND OTHER ROK/PRC ISSUES, I CALLED ON DEPUTY DIRECTOR JEON JAE-MAN OF THE MFA'S NORTH EAST ASIA DIVISION II ON 13 DECEMBER.
AIR SERVICES
AIR SERVICES TALKS, THE THIRD ROUND THIS YEAR, WERE HELD IN PEKING 2-4 DECEMBER. CONTRARY TO IMPRESSION GIVEN IN THIRD TUR THE
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