00 GOVERNOR HONG KONG
RR BCARFE KONG KONG
GR 320
CYPHER CAT A
FM DO T 121645Z
CONFIDENTIAL
HK+CD 16
As Thompson & 14/10
TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO ALLOT 123 OF 12 OCTOBER. INFO HONG KONG (BCARFE), KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE.
U K/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES
1. MALAYSIAN REPLY TO U K AIDE MEMOIRE RECEIVED IN LONDON TODAY. (IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED COPY OF OUR AIDE MEMOIRE SENT TO YOU BY BAG YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WE ASKED FOR ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR TEL 818.)
2. IN GENERAL IT ACCEPTS THE PROPOSALS IN OUR AIDE MEMOIRE BUT THERE ARE MINOR RESERVATIONS AS FOLLOWS: (A) WHILST ACCEPTING SIN AS A POINT BEYOND ON UK ROUTE 3 THEY DO NOT WANT TO GIVE US POINTS IN E MALAYSIA AS INTERMEDIATE POINT IN PLACE OF BKI. ALSO THEY WANT TO KEEP US AT THREE FREQUENCIES ON THIS ROUTE.
(B) WHILST ACCEPTING THE ROUTING OF CPA'S TWO FREIGHTER SERVICES HKG-SIN-KUL-HKG THEY DO NOT WANT THEM TO EXERCISE TRAFFIC RIGHTS QUOTE FROM HKG AND/OR SIN TO KUL UNQUOTE (THE ASSUMPTION IS THEY ARE NOT OBJECTING TO RIGHTS FROM KUL TO HKG.)
(C) WHILST AGREEING TO INCREASE THE PERMITTED CPA FREQUENCIES TO W MALAYSIA ON UK ROUTE 2 FROM 7 TO 10, THEY WANT THE BEYOND FREQUENCIES LIMITED TO 9 IN THAT THE TWO FREIGHTER SERVICES (WHICH COUNT AS ONE FOR THIS PURPOSE) DO NOT GO BEYOND KUL.
3. REGARDING (A). WE UNDERSTAND KUCHING WILL NOT TAKE B707S BUT IF YOU HAVE GOOD REASON WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR POINTS IN E MALAYSIA. WE WILL PRESS FOR 4 AS OPPOSED TO 3 FREQUENCIES, BUT WE MUST BEAR IN MIND WE SHALL HAVE TO GET THE CORRESPONDING RIGHTS FROM SINGAPORE AND THAT WILL NOT BE EASY. REGARDING (B). AT THE VERY LEAST OUR ASSUMPTION HAS TO BE CONFIRMED. DO YOU WISH US TO PRESS FOR FULL RIGHTS. (C) IS A NITPICKING POINT, BUT SINCE WE EXPLAINED THAT WE WANTED 10 FREQUENCIES ON U K ROUTE 2 TO ACCOMMODATE THE 2 GULF SERVICES AND THE FREIGHTERS NOT HAVING THOUGHT CAREFULLY ABOUT THE QUOTE BEYOND UNQUOTE REQUIREMENTS, IT MIGHT NOW SEEM ILLOGICAL TO PRESS FOR 10 BEYOND FREQUENCIES.
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