TNAG-0779-FCO40-983-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 101

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 204 OF 22 JUNE 1978

RFI IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, MANILA. PRIORITY TO CANBERRA, WASHINGTON, DELHI, ROUTINE TO OTTAWA, PARIS BONN, ROME, THE HAGUE, HONG KONG, WELLINGTON, BAHRAIN

AND KUWAIT.

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YOUR TELNO 159 TO SINGAPORE #

UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES.

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1. THE INITIAL DETERMINANT OF INDONESIAN POLICY WILL PROBABLY

BE ASEAN SOLIDARITY, ALTHOUGH THE INDONESIANS ARE JEALOUS OF

SINGAPORE AND WILL NOT SUPPORT THEM IN AIR SERVICES MATTERS WHERE OTHER ASEAN INTERESTS PULL THE OTHER WAY (CF CONCORDE), IF THE SINGAPOREANS MAKE A STRONG PLEA FOR HELP IN QUESTIONS

WHERE THE REST OF ASEAN ARE SYMPATHETIC OR INDIFFERENT, THEN

THE INDONESIANS WILL PROBABLY SUPPORT THEM. LEE KWAN YEW WILL BE MEETING PRESIDENT SUHARTO IN BALI THIS WEEK, AND IF HE RAISES THE MATTER AND GETS SUHARTOS PERSONAL PROMIS OF SUPPORT,

THEN INDONESIAN MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS WOULD FALL INTO LINE,

WHATEVER ARGUMENTS COULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE DEPLOYED THE OTHER WAY (CF CONCORDE AGAIN).

2. IN ANY EVENT, IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US AND PROBABLY ALSO FOR THE INDONESIANS WIT MORE INFORMATION, TO BALANCE THE BENEFITS

AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS TO THEM. ASSUMING

THE MAIN ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR IS THAT IN PARA 11 OF YOUR TELNO 302

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