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TO PRIORITY D.O.T TELNO. ALLOT 5 OF 31 JADARY 78,!

INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR.

FOR STABLES FROM WILSON.

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1. TODAY'S HONG KONG STANDARD REPORTS MAS WILL USE B707S ON KOTA KINABALU/HONG KONG ROUTE FROM APRIL AND THAT MAS WILL BE ''NEGOTIATING WITH GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED'' FOR CHANGE FROM CURRENTLY OPERATED B737S. IT ALSO MENTIONS POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN FREQUENCY KOTA KINABALU/HONG KONG WHEN SUBSTITUTION MADE.

2. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ROGERS' LETTER OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1976 TO MAHADZAR INHIBITED FURTHER INCREASES IN MAS CAPACITY. IF HOWEVER MAS WANT A KOTA KINABALU/HONG KONG CAPACITY INCREASE (AND IF CPA DO NOT OBJECT), THIS MIGHT BE LEVER IN CONCORDE

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3. FURTHER, IF MAS WERE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THEIR KOTA KINABALU/ HONG KONG CAPACITY, IT WOULD SEEM UNFAIR TO CONTINUE TO DEFER (KUALA LUMPUR'S TELNO.52 TO FCO) IMPLEMENTATION OF CPA'S B707 FREIGHTER THROUGH KUALA LUMPUR, TO WHICH CPA ALREADY HAS FULL ENTITLEMENT UNDER DEAL AUTHORISING TWO MAS .DC10S TO LONDON.

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