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PRIORITY
CYPHER CAT A
FM FCO 251910Z
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HKK 18411.
IND:
25 JAN
No on
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 72 OF 25 JANUARY
INFO HONG KONG (BCARFE), JAKARTA.
NIR.
YOUR TELNO 76 (NOT TO JAKARTA) AND JAKARTA ALLOT 1 BOTH TO FCO: UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.
1. WE AGREE WITH JAKARTA'S ASSESSMENT IN PARA 6 OF THEIR TELEGRAM
UNDER REFERENCE AND WITH THE ACTION SUGGESTED IN THEIR PARAS 7
AND 8. BUT BEFORE JAKARTA APPROACH RISAKOTTA WE SHOULD WELCOME
YOUR COMMENTS ON THE LINE WE SUGGEST THEY TAKE, WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS.
2. IN YOUR TELNO 76 ON UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES YOU SAID THAT IF
RIGHTS WERE AVAILABLE CPA WOULD REPLACE JKT WITH, SIN WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1978 ON THE CURRENT 3 X B707 SERVICES HKG/KUL/JKT/PER.
HOWEVER, AS WE DO NOT YET KNOW WHETHER SIN-PER RIGHTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE, WE THINK IT ADVISABLE THAT JAKARTA SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE PRESENT 3 X 8707 SERVICES THROUGH JKT ARE INCLUDED IN
THE TOTAL PACKAGE FROM APRIL.
3. RISAKOTTA MAY AGREE TO THIS AND A DAILY TRISTAR HKG-SIN-JKT (ALBEIT WITH A SEAT RESTRICTION SIN-JKT) FROM 1 APRIL 1978, BUT
ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT GARUDA AT A TIME OF ITS OWN CHOOSING
WILL BE ALLOWED AT LEAST A DAILY DC10 WITH ONWARD RIGHTS TO JAPAN. WE THINK THIS SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED AS A COMMITMENT. JAKARTA
SHOULD SAY THAT WE WILL GIVE FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION TO GARUDA'S
DC13 PLANS NEARER THE TIME WHEN OPERATIONS ARE TO START. WE
CANNOT BE COMMITTED SO FAR IN ADVANCE TO ANY FIXED PATTERN OF
OPERATIONS SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FORECAST WHAT CHANGES MAY
BECOME DESIRABLE.
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