TNAG-0777-FCO40-981-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 86

GPS 150

IMMEDIATE

CYPHER CAT A

FM WELLINGTON 202357Z

CONFIDENTIRA 184/525/1

HKK 184/1

**61976

R2ZENVED

CUR

2 7 FEB 1978

REGISTRY

PA Inchon Taken

DESK OFFICER

CONFIDENTIAL

INDEX

OF

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELHO

PA

INFO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR AND ROUTINE SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA

FOLLOWING FROM ROGERS.

(NR).

78

See 115

/116.

114

KUALA LUMPUR TELNO 87: CONCORDE AND MALAYSIA

TELNO

1. GLAD TO NOTE PROGRESS REPORTED IN PARA 1 OF TUR.

2. HOWEVER, WITH THE BEST WILL IN THE WORLD. I DO NOT (REPEAT NOT) CONSIDER HAMZAM'S PROPOSAL REPORTED IN PARA 2 FEASIBLE. AS I STRESSED IN DUSCUSSION WITH MANI SKAVASAGAM, REVIEW OF OUR AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND THOROUGH IF WE ARE TO BE SURE OF GETTING IT RIGHT THIS TIME. CHANGES IN TEXT OF ASA MAY BE NEEDED BUT THIS CANNOT BE FORESEEN AT PRESENT.

3. MOREOVER, THE MALAYSIAN PROPOSAL FOR QUOTE PRIOR AGREEMENT ON THE PRINCIPLES OF BROAD OUTLINES OF A NEW ASA UNQUOTE WOULD MEAN THAT WE WOULD BE LGOTIATING UNDER DURESS. AND IN THE AIR SERVICES FIELD PRINCIPLES CANNOT BE DIVORCED FROM APPLICATION.

4. 1 THEREFORE THINK IT ESSENTIAL TO RIDE THE MALAYSIANS OFF THIS

ONE.

SMEDLEY

FILES MAED

SEAD

NAM D

WED

OID

IPD

NEWS D

LEGAL ADVISERS

SWAD PS

PS/MR JUDD PS/PUS

SIR A. DUFF MR BUTLER MR CORTAZZI"

MR BURROWS

MR MURRAY·

MR HALL

MR SUTHERLAND

ADDITIONAL DISTN CONCORDE AIRCRAFT

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