TNAG-0777-FCO40-981-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 198

68)

HKK 184 ||

23 J

|1.5

GPS 140

IMMEDIATE

ENCLAIR

FM OSLO 20/1545Z

UNCLASSIFIED

по

,?

pn Taken

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 26 OF 20 JANUARY AND TO PRIORITY STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN AND HONG KONG (GOVENOR)

MY TELNO 20 UK/SCANDINAVIAN AIR SERVICES TALKS.

1. DESK OFFICER IN MFA TELEPHONED FOLLOWING MESSAGE FOR TRANSMISSION

TO UK CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES THIS AFTERNOON :

** THE SCANDINAVIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES HAVE CAREFULLY

CONSIDERED THE OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS FROM THE FOUR

INDEPENDANT BRITISH CARRIERS, BUT THE IR CONCLUSION IS THAT OVERALL

EXISTING CAPACITY BETWEEN UK AND SCANDINAVIA IS ADEQUATE TO MEET THE

TRAFF IC DEMAND AND THEY ARE THEREFORE UNABLE TO GRANT OPERATING

PERMITS TO THESE CARRIERS. THE CARRIERS WILL BE INFORMED OF THIS

DECISION BY THE SCANDINAVIAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITIES.''

2. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. MCLEAN TOLD DESK OFFICER

HE WAS WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS BUT THAT THIS DECISION WAS VERY

DISAPPOINTING. BØGH'S OFFICE DECLARED HIM INCOMMUNICADO UNTIL

24 JANUARY.

LAMB

FILES

MAED WED

HK & GD

MR BURROWS

[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]