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GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS ON FOLLOWING TEXT OF TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM UKREP ICAO MONTREAL.

BEGINS:-

1. THE CHINESE DELEGATION ATTENDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISIONAL MEETING OF ICAO WHICH IS PREPARING FOR THE CIVIL AVIATION

COMMUNICATIONS QUESTIONS THAT WILL ARISE IN THE FORTHCOMING ASSEMBLY OF THE ITU IS SEEKING SUPPORT FROM THE MEETING FOR A TEXT AMENDING

THE ITU RADIO REGULATIONS.

2. THE TEXT IS AS FOLLOWS:

QUOTE MOD 837. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE SERVICE DOCUMENTS, A COUNTRY SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN THE TERRITORITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF WHICH THE STATION IS LOCATED: A TERRITORY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SHALL BE CONSIDERED

AS A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA FOR THIS PURPOSE.

REASON: IN LINE WITH THE WORKING OF PROVISION 27/76. UNQUOTE. 3. THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH A CHANGE CANNOT BE ASSESSED HERE, WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE CONTEXT OR TO THE GOVERNING CONSTITUTION OF THE ITU, BUT IN TERMS OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION, WORDING OF THIS SORT MAY REFLECT ON THE STATUS OF HONG KONG (OR OTHER BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY). THE CHINESE DELEGATES THEMSELVES REFERRED

TO HONG KONG AS AN EXAMPLE.

4. WHATEVER IS DECIDED HERE OF COURSE IS MERELY PREPARATORY FOR

THE LATER MEETING AND CARRIES NO COMMITMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL

TO HAVE YOUR ADVICE ON WHETHER ANY PARTICULAR ACTION NEED BE TAKEN

BY OUR DELEGATION, WHO HAVE MEANWHILE BEEN ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE

LINE GIVEN IN THE BACKGROUND POLITICAL BRIEF PROVIDED FOR OUR

DELEGATION TO THE ICAO ASSEMBLY IN SEPT. 1977.

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