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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR) TELNO 766 OF 7 OCTOBER INFO TOKYO HONG KONG (BCARFE)

YOUR TELNO 1007. UK/JAPAN AIR SERVICES OSAKA AIRPORT

1. WE ARE NOT CLEAR WHAT COMMITMENT IT IS THAT THE JCAB IS

NOT HONOURING. THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT

TO ALLOW INTERNATIONAL WIDE-BODIES AIRCRAFT INTO OSAKA ON 1

NOVEMBER. THE ONLY COMMITMENT IS THAT IN PARA 11 OF THE AMC OF

18 MARCH 1977.

2. WE THINK THERE COULD BE A CASE FOR REPRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE

TO THE JAPANESE IF,

A. THE JCAB UNDERTOOK TO ALLOW CPA TO OPERATE L 1011 SERVICES

INTO OSAKA WEF 1 NOVEMBER AND

B. CPA, HAVING PLANNED ACCORDINGLY, ARE NOW GREATLY INCONVENIENCED BY A WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNDERTAKING WHICH ALSO APPLIES TO ALL

OTHER INTERNATIONAL SERVICES.

3. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF AN UNDERTAKING WAS GIVEN AND, IF SO,

ITS PRECISE TERMS.

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MR BUTLER

MR BURROWS

MR. MURRAY MR POSNETT

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