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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 531 OF 28/10/77.
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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE). HKK 184/3
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MIP T: UK/THAI AIR SERVICES
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF JOINT PRESS STATEMENT:
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REPRESENTATIVES OF THAILAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM REACHED AGREEMENT
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT ON A PACKAGE OF MEASURES TO
RESOLVE THE LONG-STANDING DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING CIVIL AVIATION
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. NEGOTIATIONS WERE HELD IN
A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE DURING THE PERIOD 18-28 OCTOBER BETWEEN
DELEGATIONS LED RESPECTIVELY BY DZCHAROEN CHAROENRAJAPARK, UNDER
SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, AND MR GEORGE ROGERS,
UNDER SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE IN LONDON. THEY WERE
"CHARACTERISED BY A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS,
AND BY A FRESH AND CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THEIR RESOLUTION.
THE AGREEMENT SIGNED AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THIS
AFTERNOON BY THE LEADERS OF THE DELEGATIONS PROVIDES FOR THE
RESTORATION AND EXPANSION OF PREVIOUS SERVICES. IN PARTICULAR
IT PERMITS THAI INTERNATIONAL TO OPERATE ITS NEW AIR-BUSES THROUGH
HONG KONG TO TAIPEI AND JAPAN SEMI COLON WHILE ON THE BRITISH
SIDE CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS IS NOW AUTHORISED TO GO AHEAD WITH NEW
SERVICES TO PENANG AND SINGAPORE AND TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS TO
THE MIDDLE EAST. ON THE TRUNK ROUTE TO LONDON, BRITISH AIRWAYS
CAN ALSO NOW LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER EXPANSION, WHILE THAI INTER-
-NATIONAL WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE THREE WEEKLY DC10 SERVICES.
IT IS HOPED BY BOTH SIDES THAT IN THE NEW CLIMATE OF UNDERSTANDING THUS ACHIEVED, THE PROBLEMS OF THE PAST WILL BE AVOIDED IN THE FUTURE, AND THAT BOTH SIDES CAN NOW LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW ERA OF CLOSE COOPERATION AND BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
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MR.BURROWS
SEAD
MR.MURRAY
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MR. SHOVELTON
MR.LELLO
MR.GAFFIN
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