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present scale.

Furthermore Hong Kong is denied the full benefits

which it seeks to derive from unrestricted usage of Kai Tak by foreign aircraft because of HMG's restrictive policy of granting such landing rights on a reciprocal basis".

4. It is our policy to grant rights at Hong Kong, as at other air

traffic points under our control, only in exchange for rights for British airlines (including the Hong Kong based airline CPA).

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5. However we have recently acceded to a very long standing request from the Netherlands Government for rights at Hong Kong for KLM without

a quid pro quo in the civil aviation field but the circumstances were

quite exceptional. We have recently received a similar request from

the Scandinavian countries on behalf of SAS. This is at present being considered but it is most unlikely that we shall be able to agree.

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