TNAG-0777-FCO40-981-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 219

GRS 139

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CYP CAT A

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HKK 18+/1

23 JAN

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7 Len

20

EM PEKING 139349Z JAN

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TO INMEDIATE FCO TELNO 16 OF 13 JAN.

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG.

YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 11: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

1. WE HAVE HAD NO INDICATION OF WHAT MAY BE IN

THE WIND. HOWEVER, I SHALL BE SEEING MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON MONDAY, 16 JANUARY,

AND I SHALL LET YOU KNOW IF ANY COMES OUT OF THAT.

2. I AGREE THAT ON 19 JANUARY THE BEST LINE WOULD

SE TO UNDERTAKE TO CONSIDER WHAT LIU HAS TO SAY.

HOWEVER, IN CONSIDERING THIS WHOLE QUESTION, IT IS WOR TH

DEARING IN MIND THAT THE ATTITUDE OF UK AIRLINES MAY

CHANGE CONSIDERABLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROSPECTS FOR

INCREADED TOURIST TRAFFIC TO CHINA (5,300 BRITISH TOURISTS IN 1978: PERHAPS DOUBLING IN 1979.) (SEE SULLIVAN'S TELELETTER 351/1 TO HAYWARD, FED, OF 23 DECEMBER).

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ED MAED HK & GD

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