TNAG-0778-FCO40-982-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 199

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TO IMMEDIATE DOT TELNO ALLOT 4 OF 10 MARCH AND TO IMMEDIATE

HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE),

JAKARTA TELNO 39 OF 2 MARCH

FOR LELLO FROM WILSON

1. I MET RISAKOTTA TWICE ON 9 MARCH AND AGAIN TWICE TODAY (WITH LATHAM PRESENT ON LAST OCCASION). THROUGHOUT THE TALKS, RISAKOTTA MADE IT PAINFULLY CLEAR THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING INTERESTS OF INDONESIA AND WAS UNINTERESTED IN ANY AGREEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDINGS REACHED BETWEEN AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVES. HE INSTANCED FACT THAT WIWEKO'S UNDERSTANDINGS WITH JAL WERE TOTALLY OVERTURNED AT THE JAPAN/INDONESIA GOVERNMENT TALKS LAST WEEK. JAPANESE REFUSAL TO ADMIT DC10S TO TOKYO AND RECENT INDONESIA/THAI TROUBLES MEANT THAT INDONESIA WILL RUN AMOK IF IMMEDIATE DC10 ACCESS IS DENIED AT HONG KONG. THE 1975 CMU STATES THAT WE WILL NOT OBSTRUCT INTRODUCTION DC10S.

2. HE BEGAN BY RECOGNISING THAT OUR INTEREST IN INCREASING FREQUENCIES AND CAPACITIES FROM 1 APRIL (AN INTEREST WHICH HE ADMITTED WAS MATCHED BY GARUDA'S NECESSITY TO INTRODUCE DC19 SERVICES FROM THAT DATE) PRESENTED DISADVANTAGES FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE HIS MINISTER'S POLITICAL INTERESTS DEMANDED EITHER A SUCCESSFUL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE BRITISH OR A SPECTACULAR BREAK ENABLING HIM TO APPEAR AS A POPULAR HERO. HE RECOGNISED THAT WE MIGHT THEREFORE PREFER TO DELAY YDOOOLEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION, BUT MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE MUST INSIST UPON AN IMMDIATE DEAL HE ROUNDED OFF THIS INTRODUCTION BY DRAWING

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