TNAG-0778-FCO40-982-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 37

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG(FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), ROUTINE

KUALA LUMPUR.

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YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS 373 AND 386 TO HONG KONG: UK/SINGAPORE AIR

SERVICES

1. I AM GLAD TO NOTE THAT THE ELEMENTS OF A PACKAGE DEAL

HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY AGREED WITH SIA AND I WELCOME THIS FOR THE REASONS GIVEN BY BCARFE. IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF JAKARTA NR TEL ALLOT 6.

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AS SEEN FROM HERE, IT WOULD NOT (NOT) BE IN OUR WIDER POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS TO EMBARK ON A TOTAL RENEGOTIATION OF THE ASA AT THIS STAGE.

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NOW THAT THE GROUND WORK HAS BEEN LAID WITH SIA, I THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE BROUGHT

INTO THE DIALOGUE AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE STAGE. AS NOTED

IN YOUR TUR, THEIR AGREEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PART OF THE

PROPOSED PACKAGE AND AS BCARFE HAS REPORTED THEY ARE ALREADY

STUDYING THE IMPLICATIONS. IF AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT

APPROPRIATE, WE ARE READY TO TAKE SOUNDINGS HERE AND SIM KEE BOON MAY, OF COURSE, TACKLE US OFF HIS OWN BAT AT ANY TIME. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL, THEREFORE, TO BE KEPT INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS AND WOULD WELCOME AN EARLY SIGHT OF THE TEXT OF

THE LETTER TO SIA SETTING OUT THE TERMS OF THE PACKAGE.

3. IF THERE WERE TO BE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS HERE WITH THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE PROPOSED MEETING IN LONDON IN JUNE, I WOULD, OF COURSE, WISH BCARFE TO BE PRESENT.

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