CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 926
OF 300758Z MARCH 92
CONFIDENTIAL
037764
MDLIAN 5440
HKC 181/19
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INFO ROUTINE DTP, PEKING, STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN, OSLO INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
DTP FOR IAD
YRTELNO 254: HONG KONG/SCANDINAVIA ASA NEGOTIATIONS
SUMMARY
1. NEW DRAFT ASAS INITIALLED WITH DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN.
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2. DELEGATIONS REPRESENTING THE HONG KONG AND SCANDINAVIAN AUTHORITIES MET IN STOCKHOLM ON 9 TO 10 MARCH TO DISCUSS ISSUES OUTSTANDING FROM THE SECOND ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS HELD IN HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 91.
3. AT THE END OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THE TWO SIDES INITIALLED A DRAFT HONG KONG/DENMARK ASA, A DRAFT HONG KONG/NORWAY ASA AND A DRAFT HONG KONG/SWEDEN ASA. COPIES OF THE INITIALLED ASAS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO GLASS (DTP) IN HONG KONG. THE TWO SIDES ALSO INITIALLED DRAFT EXCHANGES OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN CONCERNING THE STATUS OF SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM AND ALSO THE OBLIGATIONS OF DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.
4. EXCHANGE OF TRAFFIC RIGHTS WAS AGREED, AND THE TWO DELEGATIONS INITIALLED A CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. THE TRAFFIC RIGHTS EXCHANGED FORM A BALANCED PACKAGE INCLUDING FREQUENCY, CAPACITY, INTERMEDIATE AND BEYOND POINTS. TAIWAN WAS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AS EITHER AN INTERMEDIATE OR AS A BEYOND POINT. THE SCANDINAVIANS INDICATED THAT AS THREE GOVERNMENTS WERE INVOLVED ON THEIR SIDE, THE CMU WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE THREE GOVERNMENTS FOR APPROVAL, AS A MATTER OF FORMALITY, BEFORE THEY WERE IN A POSITION TO SIGN IT. THEY EXPECTED THIS PROCEDURE TO BE COMPLETED IN A FEW WEEKS' TIME.
5. AS AGREED WITH YOU, THE CMU PROVIDES THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS
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