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INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), WELLINGTON (FOR ROGERS, DOT).

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YOUR TELNO. 60 AND SINGAPORE ALLOT 1 TO DOT (NOT TO WELLINGTON).

UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.

1. SUBJECT TO CLARIFICATION OF BCARFE'S AVAILABILITY ON 6 MARCH (DOT ALLOT 8 TO WELLINGTON), GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD WRITE TO RISAKOTTA SUGGESTING INFORMAL TALKS BETWEEN HIM AND BCARFE IN

ACCORDANCE WITH PARA 3 OF YOUR TELNO. 60. WE AGREE WITH PARA 2, OF SINGAPORE ALLOT 1 AND SUGGEST YOU SAY THAT WE FELT ENCOURAGED TO SUGGEST AN INFORMAL MEETING AS A RESULT OF THE HELPFUL

DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN BLUCK AND WIWEKO ON 13 JANUARY. YOU COULD GO ON TO SAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND WIWEKO INDICATED THAT, ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT BE SEEKING AGREEMENT FOR GARUDA'S DC10S TO FLY TO HONG KONG UNTIL 1979, HE WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO CPA OPERATING SEVEN TRI-STARS PER WEEK WITHOUT A SEAT RESTRICTION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAKARTA FROM APRIL 1978. THIS WOULD INCLUDE A RELAXATION OF THE PRESENT SEATING RESTRICTION ON THE SINGAPORE-JAKARTA SECTOR.

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