PR 356
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 070547Z
CONFIDENTIAL
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Qugurall
The desk officer in
FCO clearance
FED Gowe
to Bor this morning
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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0 TELNO.1010 OF 7 OCTOBER,
AND TO PEKING .
U.K/CHINA AIR SERVICES.
1. CHINA RESOURCES HAVE APPROACHED D. C. A ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG TO CARRY
PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS FOR WHICH THE EXISTING COMMUNICATIONS ARE
NOT SPEEDY ENOUGH. IN PARTICULAR, IT SEEMS THE CHINESE WOULD LIKE TO ORGANISE SOME FLIGHTS OF THIS KIND OVER THE NEXT TWO
MONTHS TO BRING IN FRESHWATER CRABS FROM SHANGHAI, FOR WHICH THE SEASON HAS JUST STARTED.
1).
2. THIS PROPOSAL CLEARLY HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR ABORTIVE
AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, WHICH, AT CHINESE REQUEST,
WAS DRAFTED TO COVER NON-SCHEDULED AS WELL AS SCHEDULED
SERVICES (SECTION 11 OF ANNEX
WE WOULD NOT THEREFORE
WISH TO APPROVE SUCH FLIGHTS ON AN INDEFINITE BASIS WITHOUT
CONSIDERING THE EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON OUR LONG-TERM
NEGOTIATING POSITION VIS-A-VIS CHINA. BUT THE CHINESE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US, PARTICULARLY OVER OUR WATER TROBLEM, WHERE THEY HAVE AGREED TO A TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL SUPPLY, WHICH HAS JUST STARTED AGAIN. 12 ANSWER TO THIS GESTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET THEM SOME OF THE WAY OVER THEIR REQUEST TO FLY IN CRABS. THEY HAVE MADE NO MENTION
AS YET OF THE NEED TO AVOID THEIR PLANES BEING PARKED AT KAI
TAK NEAR C.A.L AIRCRAFT AND THIS COULD CREATE A HELPFUL
PRECEDENT AS REGARDS THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT,
3. CHINA RESOURCES HAVE ASKED TO MEET THE D.C.A AT THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK AND UNLESS YOU OR PEKING SEE OBJECTION, D.C ̧À
CONFIDENTIAL
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