TNAG-0643-FCO40-791-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1977 — Page 27

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IN AUSWER TO A QUESTION, DEITZ SAID HE HAD NO INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED BRA BRITISH MIDLAND ATHWAYS SERVICE (STEPENOTAM COPENHAGEN) AND SAID HE WAS WITHOUT HRSTRUCTIONS ON THE OTHER

PROPOSED HEV SERVICES. GOODENOUGH ACCEPTED THIS, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE SCANDANAVIAMS WERE UIDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO

GRANT OPERATING PERMITS AND THAT IF THEY DID NOT DO SO, WE WOULD

HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS.

1.

04 RESUMING NECOTIATIONS ON 85 JANUARY, GOODENOUGH. SAID

THAT WE COULD NOT NOW CONFIRM THAT ME VERE READY TO DO SO.

THE SCANDANAV17 IS' DENUNCIATION HAD PITRODUCED A NEW FACTOR.

WE MIGHT NEED MORE TIME. NEVERTHELESS, WE WERE READY TO NEGOTIATE

CONSTRUCTIVELY 10 DUE COURSE.

5. MY THIRD IMMEDIATE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM CONTAINS THE TEXT

OF THE PRESS LINE BEING USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AT A

PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1700 HRS TODAY, AND WHICH OSLO AND COPENHAGEN

HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE. IT IS ON THE RECORD BUT

NOT BEING DISTRIBUTED IN WRITING. IN ADDITION TO OUR PRESS STATEMENT YOU MAY SAY, IF ASKED, THAT THE SCANDANAVIANS HAD NO

HIFORMATION ABOUT THE BMA PERMIT. FURTHERMORE, THEY HAD NO

INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WHAT. PROGRESS WAS BEING PADE BY THEIR

AUTINITIES IN CONSIDERING THE OTHER PLANNED SERVICES.

WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, IF NO OPERATING PERMITS ARE GRANTED FOR THESE SERVICES, YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER AT THE

TIME HOW TO PROTECT OUR INTERESTS.

6.

If davin

GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD REPORT ON LOCAL REACTIONS TO THE

DENUNCIATION.

VE SHALL KEEP YOU INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS.

SEE HIFT.

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