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AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CHINA

Following discussion with the Governor on

June 11, Sir John Addis was instructed to ask the

Chinese whether they were now ready to sign the

agreement initialled in Peking in June 1973 (see

A B FCO telegrams Nos 302 and 347 to Peking).

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2.

Although the Chinese Ambassador told

British Airways on June 10 that following the

signature of the Sino/Japanese Air Services

Agreement there was no longer any problem and

that it was time for us to raise the matter

again (see FCO telegram No 348 to Peking),

Sir John Addis found that the Chinese referred

back to the points raised by them at his meetings

last autumn. The Chinese however undertook to

clarify their position (see Peking telegram No 463).

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