CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 1480
OF 161038Z SEPTEMBER 93
INFO ROUTINE DOT, RANGOON
DOT FOR IAD
N/R
REC
Our telno 1328 : Hong Kong/Burma ASA.
Summary
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1. First round of ASA talks a envisaged in TUR took place in Rangoon on 13 to 15 September. Substantial progress made regarding the draft Hong Kong/Burma ASA text. A further round of talks would be held before the end of October. We agreed to consider further extending Myanmar Airways International's (MAI's) temporary operating permit to Hong Kong, if necessary.
Details
2. Led by the Director-General of Civil Aviation, the Burmese delegation was obviously well prepared for this round of talks. After seeking detailed information from the Hong Kong side regarding the procedures and technicalities of our separation exercise, they raised only a few comments on our model ASA text. In particular, they were quick to adopt our proposed designation criterion (i.e. incorporation and principle place of business) as MAI were unable to satisfy the substantial ownership criteria under the U.K. Agreement. After two days of discussions, both sides agreed to all but two articles of the draft ASA text provided by the Hong Kong side in February 1992. The Burmese indicated that further consultations within their bureaucracy would be required regarding the tariffs and custom duties articles. Both sides signed an Agreed Record attaching the agreed amendments to the draft Hong Kong/Burma ASA text.
3. Both sides also exchanged views on the provisions to be included in the Confidential Memorandum of Understanding and agreed that further discussions would be required in a second round of talks to be held in either Hong Kong or Rangoon before the expiry of MAI's current temporary operating permit (i.e. end of October).
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Comment
4. We say no major problem in finalising the outstanding points in the second round of talks but the Burmese had already indicated that approval of their "higher authorities" was required before initialling of the agreed ASA text and signing of the CMU could take place.
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UNCLASSIFIED
FM RANGOON
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 188
OF 220201Z JULY 93
INFO PRIORITY DTP, HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED.
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YOUR TELNO 657: HONG KONG/BURMA ASA: MYANMA AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL
1. WE HAVE RECEIVED A REPLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION TO MISS WHATMORE'S LETTER. TEXT AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 2 (2) OF THE AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYANMAR AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, WE HEREBY DESIGNATE MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED AS THE AIRLINE OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING THE AGREED SERVICES ON THE SPECIFIED ROUTES WITH EFFECT FROM 15 AUGUST 1993.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR EARLIEST GRANT OF THE APPROPRIATE OPERATING PERMISSION TO MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL.
SIGNED
TIN OHN
DIRECTOR GENERAL
ENDS
2. COPIES FOLLOW BY BAG.
3. WE HAVE TAKEN ACTION REGARDING THE MFA'S APPARENT CONFUSION
OVER DESIGNATION CRITERIA AS REQUESTED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF HONG KONG TELNO 1061 TO THE FCO. WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REHEARSE THE ADVANTAGES TO BOTH SIDES OF CONCLUDING A SEPARATE ASA WITH HONG KONG. U SEIN WIN, SUPERINTENDENT, CONSULAR DIVISION, MFA TOOK NOTE OF OUR COMMENTS.
HAGART
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