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HAVE ANY STRONG REQUIREMENT FOR LONG NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN UK/INDONESIAN CIVIL AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS. RISAKOTTA EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THIS MODERATE REACTION AND SAID HE WOULD SEEK EARLY CLARIFICATION OF POSITION WITH VIEW TO FURTHER TALKS (EITHER HERE OR IN HONG KONG) BEFORE APRIL AND PROBABLY IN LATE JANUARY, HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT SINCE GARUDA WAS ALREADY DEEPLY COMMITTED TO SELLING ITS DC8S TO KLM, HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT GARUDA COULD AVOID SERVING HONG KONG WITH DC13S. HE CLEARLY DISLIKED IDEA OF GARUDA COMPETING WITH SEMPATI IN DIRECT INDONESIA /TOKYO SERVICES. AS MUCH AS WE WOULD DISLIKE RECUMED JAL SERVICES ON HONG KONG/INDONESIA SECTORS.
4, THOUGH CURRENT TALKS HAVE THUS ABORTED, WHEN THEY RESUME WE MAY DERIVE SOME ADVANTAGE FROM WIWEKO'S ODD BEHAVIOUR.
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