CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1558
OF 021643Z NOV 92
Filc 180/3
INFO ROUTINE PEKING UKREP JLG HONG KONG
5
013125
MDHOAN 3591
TOP COPY Q DIST?
LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION
YOUR TELNOS 2595 AND 2596:
LEGISLATION: VISIT BY CAAC EXPERTS
1. WE ARE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT REPLY IN SECOND TUR. HOWEVER WE SUGGEST THAT THERE IS ONE POINT YOU MAY WISH TO INCLUDE IF IT HAS NOT BEEN MENTIONED ELSEWHERE. THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LOW-LEVEL MILITARY HELICOPTER TRAFFIC AROUND HONG KONG WHICH INVOLVES MILITARY/ATC LIAISON. PERHAPS IN PARA 2 OF YOUR DRAFT REPLY YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THERE IS SOME CONSULTATION WITH THE MILITARY OVER AIRSPACE QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THIS DOES NOT/NOT TAKE PLACE AT THE LEVEL OF THE AIR NEGOTIATION PLAN.
2. WE SUGGEST THAT THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 1 MIGHT READ AS FOLLOWS TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE AMBIGUITY: ''THE UK (AS A MEMBER OF ICAO) AND HONG KONG (AS PART OF THE UK DELEGATION) ARE INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PLAN.''
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
50
.JLG RESTRICTED
DISTRIBUTION
53
NEWS D
PUSD
RAD
HKD
FED
MR HUM
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BROOKS
1392
ADDITIONAL
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