DWF @ 63/06 LDX 700
145
MR GR-AZZI
ADVANCE COPY FOR Bulous
INDEX
MR
MR STRATEN
MR
PA
ACUOT. Lusen
MUMBAY
No the full of MAED
CANDAR 658/03
RR FCO
RR WASHINGTON (FOR SHOVELTON AND COLEGATE)
RR HONG KONG
GRS 1800 A
See 150
13391
ня
ful of SEAD
ня
Med of.
ня
FEJ
Mel of sup Mail of HERED
икер
ня
CYPHER CATHA
за
FM CANBERRA Ø30350Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 185 OF 03 MARCH
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON (FOR SHOVELTON AND COLEGATE), HONG KONG UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES DISCUSSIONS
1. A SMALL TEAM CONSISTING OF ROGERS (DOT), REED (CAA) AND STABLES (DOT), ACCOMPANIED BY ATTEWELL, HAS HELD WIDE RANGING DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS WITH ROWLAND, PROFESSOR CANNON, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT IS WORKING ON THE AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION POLICY REVIEW. ROGERS HAS ALSO HAD TETE A TETES WITH BOTH MR NIXON AND HALTON,
2. WE ARE THE ONLY GOVERNMENT WITH WHICH SUCH DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HELD. IN THE COURSE OF THEIR RECENT NEGOTIATIONS (MY TELNO 96) THE AMERICANS EXPRESSED INTEREST AND THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT SAID THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE A FORMAL SUBMISSION FROM THE CAB: BUT NONE HAS BEEN FORTHCOMING.
3. OUR OBJECT HAS BEEN TO OBTAIN AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE WAY THE AUSTRALIANS ARE THINKING AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FACTORS THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR REACTIONS TO WHATEVER CONCLUSIONS MAY EMERGE FROM THIS REVIEW: BUT WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO STEER THEM IN ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION. THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN RELAXED AND INFORMA, THROUGHOUT AND
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.