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CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 184/1

16 MAY 1978

DK OFFICSH

HO.

REG STRY

INDEMRA 184755519 Tekan

No

263

CONFIDENTIAL

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOV AND BCARFE) TELNO 382 OF 11 MAY AND TO MANILA PORT MORESBY

YOUR TELNO 536: HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES/PNG AIR SERVICES

1. IF WE SOUGHT RIGHTS BETWEEN MNL AND POM THE PHILIPPINES WOULD BE

WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS UNDER PARA 3C OF THE 1961 AGREED MINUTE IN

SEEKING CONSULTATIONS. THEY WERE NOT SO WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS IN 1975/76 BECAUSE PAL WAS NOT THEN OPERATING THE ROUTE. THE OUTCOME OF THE TALKS IN 1976 IS WELL KNOWN TO YOU AND WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS WOULD BE ANY MORE

FRODUCTIVE. INDEED THEY MIGHT EVEN BE COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE IF THEY

AGAIN TRIED TO LINK THE GRANTING OF THE RIGHTS TO A ROUTE TO LONDON

FOR PAL, WHICH REFUSAL MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO DENY CPA EVEN MNL-POM BLINDED.

2. WE THEREFORE AGREE THAT BCARFE SHOULD TRY TO GET THE NECESSARY

CLEARANCE FOR A SERVICE MNL-POM WITHOUT TRAFFIC RIGHTS AND THAT

CPA SHOULD THEN FILE A SCHEDULE WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN PNG.

OWEN

FILES

MAED SWPD

HK & GD

SEAD

MR MURRAY

[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]

CONFIDENTIAL

COPIES TO:

MR STAPLES CAIR DOT

1 VICTORIA STREET