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improvo moteorological reporta from the sod azon in the south of Hong Kong. This night take the form of inviting the Kwangtung authorities to instal automatic weather-recording oquipment provided by the Hong Kong Observatory in Chinose light kousco, resulting information would be made available to both sides. proposal has not, however, reached a point where the Observatory

would wish to put it to the Chinoso.

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Contacts between airnort authorities la Hong Kong and Canton In the past a channel for exergoney communications between the Kaitak authorities and Canton airport has been agrocû at the

technical level with the Chinese. In practice it has caten

proved difficult to activate this channol. Written communications

between civil aviation authorities in Hong Kong and Canton suggesting improvement of the channel have been ignored by the Chinese. The situation romulag unsatisfactory and there is room

for improvement.

Although

2. Nevertheless in the case of a coal emergency, as when a Philippine Airlines aircraft was hijacked to China in March 1971, Canton alzport authorities were contactod satisfactorily. they did not then indicate whether they would accept the aircraft, in the ovent they allowed it to land. They also allowed it to take off again the next day with all passengers and crew, oxcopt tho hijackers, 'who refused to leave!

Far Eastern Department

13 September 1971:

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