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15 NO VEMBER
1972
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HONG KONG/CANTON AIR LINK
2. This question must be considered in the context of the inter-governmental Air Services Agreement which we hope to negotiate with the Chinese in the near future. A preliminary meeting was held between DTI officials and the CAAC Delegation which visited the United Kingdom in September. The DTI team received the firm impression that the Chinese wanted an Air Services Agreement but that they were not prepared to discuss substantive points during the preliminary meeting.
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The Hong Kong-Canton link is not the first priority for us in negotiating an ASA. Our first priority should be a BOAC route to Peking, although BOAC's first preference is to enter China via Hong Kong. Whichever way one considers it Hong Kong considerably complicates the question of the Air Services Agreement. First the Chinese regard Hong Kong as an integral part of China. The CAAC delegation told the DTI that in their view we would have two points in China, ie Hong Kong and another point. In
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