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IMMEDIATE

DESKBY 220900Z (OSLO, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM)

EN CLAIR AND BY BAG

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1.3.

UNCLASSIFIED

DESKBY 220900Z (OSLO, COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM)

TO IMMEDIATE OSLO TELNO 160 OF 21 DECEMBER 1977,

AND TO IMMEDIATE COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM,

INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, UKREP (ICAO) MONTREAL (OTTAWA PLEASE PASS),

SAVING OTHER EEC POSTS, HONG KONG (GOVERNOR).

MIPT: UK/SAS AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SCANDINAVIAN PRESS STATEMENT.

BEGINS 3

THE SCANDINAVIAN GOVERNMENTS HAVE TODAY INFORMED H.M, GOVERNMENT OF THEIR DECISION TO TERMINATE THEIR AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EMBASSIES OF DENMARK, NORWAY AND SWEDEN TOLD THE FCO EARLIER TODAY THAT THEIR GOVERNMENTS FELT THAT A NEW LEGAL BASIS WAS NECESSARY FOR A BALANCED EXPANSION OF SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SCANDIN-

AVIA.

THE PARTIES WILL NOW HAVE A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS WITHIN WHICH TO

CONCLUDE NEW AGREEMENTS,

THE PRESENT AGREEMENTS DATE FROM THE LATE 1940S AND THE EARLY 1950S. THE SCANDINAVIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THEY DO NOT CONFORM TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION PRINCIPLES OF LATER YEARS, CONSULTATIONS WERE HELD IN OSLO IN NOVEMBER 1977 BETWEEN SCANDINAVIAN AND BRITISH DELEGATIONS ON CERTAIN MATTERS OF DISPUTE,

THE SCANDINAVIAN GOVERNMENTS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE BRITISH POLICY OF DESIGNATING SEVERAL AIRLINES TO THE UK/SCANDINAVIAN MARKET. SCANDINAVIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN NOTIFIED THAT FOUR BRITISH CARRIERS IN ADDITION TO BRITISH AIRWAYS (BRITISH MIDLAND

/AIRWAYS LTD,