TNAG-0643-FCO40-791-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1977 — Page 226

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24 OCT 977

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TO ROUTINE F C O TELNO 1922 OF 12 OCTOBER 1977

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YOUR TELNO 766 OF 7 OCTOBER: UK/JAPAN AIR SERVICES OSAKA AIRPORT.

AS WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, THE COMMITMENT THE JCAB IS NOT

HONOURING IS THAT MADE TO THE OSAKA RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION RELATING

TO NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES WHICH WERE CONTAINED IN.

A MEMORANDUM SIGNED BY THE DIRECTOR JCAB IN APRIL 1977. HOWEVER,

JCAB CLAIM THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES ELSEWHERE, IN PARTICULAR

WITH THE HOUSING MINISTRY FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE HOUSE NOISE

PROOFING.

2. AT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CPA AND JAL IN JAPAN IN EARLY SEPTEMBER,

CPA WERE ASSURED BY THE JAL SCHEDULE CO-ORDINATOR THAT THE SLOTS

CPA REQUIRED AT OSAKA WOULD BE AVAILABLE ONCE THE AIRPORT IS OPEN

TO INTERNATIONAL WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT. THERE HAS BEEN NO SUCH

UNDERTAKING BY THE JCAB AND INDEED YAMAJI, WHILST SYMPATHETIC TO THE CPA DILEMMA, WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ANY SUCH ASSURANCE AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, NONETHELESS, WE THINK THE FAILURE TO HONOUR

THE COMMITMENT MADE TO THE OSAKA RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

AND THE CONSEQUENT DENIAL OF OSAKA TO INTERNATIONAL WIDE-BODIED

AIRCRAFT MUST REST WITH THE JCAB.

3. PARAGRAPH 3 OF DOT TELNO ALLOT 119 OF 5 OCTOBER IS AGREED.

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MR.MURRAY MR.BURROWS

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