UNCLASSIFIED
07635
MDLIA!
878
A
4.
ON 29 MAY THE KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE SOVIET CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN SEOUL ON AVIATION COOPERATION, WHICH GAVE DESIGNATED AIRLINES ACCESS TO EACH OTHERS AIR SPACE AND MUTUAL TAX EXEMPTION ON PLANES, FUEL, PARTS, ETC. DESTINATIONS INVOLVED ARE SEOUL, PUSAN AND CHEJU IN KOREA AND MOSCOW, LENINGRAD AND KHABAROVSK IN THE SOVIET UNION, VIA, IN PRINCIPLE AT LEAST, PEKING SHANGHAI AND HARBIN. IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT KOREAN AIR AND AEROFLOT MAY INCREASE THEIR REGULAR FLIGHTS FROM ONE TO TWO A WEEK THIS YEAR AND TO THREE IN 1992.
COMMENT
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5.
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS SEEMS UNLIKELY WHILE CHINA AND KOREA LACK DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. DESPITE CHINA'S UNWILLINGNESS TO BE
THE RUSHED, THE RECENT OPENING OF RECIPROCAL TRADE OFFICES KOREANS ARE ALREADY ISSUING VISAS TO THEIR OWN NATIONALS AND THE CHINESE ARE EXPECTED TO DO LIKEWISE SOON WILL ENCOURAGE FURTHER TRADE AND TOURIST TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. IN ADDITION, THE EXPECTED ENTRY INTO THE UN LATER THIS YEAR OF BOTH KOREAS, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CHINA WILL NOT USE HER SECURITY COUNCIL VETO, IS ANOTHER ENCOURAGING STEP ALONG THE ROAD TO FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
WRIGHT
ON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
AIR SERVICES
LIMITED
AMD
61
LEGAL ADVISERS
NEWS DEPT
FED
SOV D
HKD
ADDITIONAL
a
DISTRIBUTION
70
PS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
PS/PUS
MR BAYNE
SIR J COLES
MR SLATER
MR BURNS
MR TAIT
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