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A) 20 MAY: 87032 DEPART DRIZS NORTON

30 MAY: 1410 LOCAL ARRIVE HONG KONG

1935 LOCAL ARRIVE PEKING

5430Z DEPART PRIZE NORTON 1119. LOCAL ARRIVE HONG KONG

1935 LOCAL ARRIVE PEKING.

(B) 29 MAY:

33 MAY:

5. RETURN FLIGHT BY SCHEDULED RAF VC18 WOULD MEAN LEAVING KAITAK FOR UK AT 1800 HOURS LOCAL TIME ON 7 JUNE. THIS WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY ENTAIL PICK-UP IN PEKING OR SHANGHAI ON THE MORNING OF 7 JUNE (NOT REPEAT NOT 6 JUNE AS STATED IN MY TEL NO 335): WE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS POINT URCENTLY.

6. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT TO ENTER CHINA VIA SHANGHAI, THIS PIGHT ENTAIL EXTREMELY LONG DIVERSION ROUND THE TAIWAN AIR DEFENCE AREA, SINCE AT PRESENT WE DO NOT PERMIT MILITARY AIRCRAFT TO OVERFLY THIS REGION. IF THE CHINESE SEEMED LIKELY TO INSIST UPON THIS MOD WOULD BE UNABLE TO PROVIDE HR ROYLE WITH A SCHEDULED FLIGHT, MR ROYLE WOULD THEN ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE TO TRAVEL BY COMMERCIAL FLIGHT,

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