TNAG-0779-FCO40-983-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 150

ĠR 1781. PRIORITY..

CONFIDENTIAL

Hkkisul...

TRY NO. 51

JUN 1978

PHER/CAT A

FM BCARFE HONG KONG Ø51138Z

CONFIDENTIAL

TO PRIORITY D.O.T TELNO.ALLOT 19 OF 5 JUNE

AND TO PRIORITY RANGOON.

عة

•RY

Taiton

J

See/334

(૧

537

FOR STABLES FROM WILSON.

1. ON 31 MAY GAULD FORWARDED TO YOU EMBASSY BURMA LETTER OF 9 MAY

COVERING HOOD'S REPORT OF 24 JANUARY TO ICAO ABOUT REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED RANGOON ILS LOCALISER.

*

2. SINCE IT IS CLEAR FROM REPORT THAT HOOD (AND EVEN BURMESE) MAY

ANGLE DURING MY ENVISAGED RANGOON VISIT FOR SPECIAL U.K FINANCIAL

ASSISTANCE (PERHAPS RELATED TO PLESSEY INTEREST) I WOULD BE

1 RECALL THAT SOME YEARS AGO WE- GRATEFUL FOR EARLIEST GUIDANCE. WERE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO SOMEWHAT SIMILAR UNDP PLEAS FOR SPECIAL IT WOULD FINANCIAL HELP AND I ASSUME SITUATION! HAS NOT CHANGED. HOWEVER OBVIOUSLY BE HELPFUL IF I COULD SAY DURING HY ENVISACED VISIT THAT (WHATEVER THE OUTCOME) WE HAD ALREADY TAKEN A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM.

3. I NOW PLAN TO ARRIVE RANGOON AT 1055 BY TG301 ON 20 JUNE AND

DEPART AT 1235 BY TG306 ON 24 JUNE. IF RANCOON CAN CONFIRM THAT

THESE NEW DATES ARE ACCEPTABLE WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME CUIDANCE (COPIED TO RANGOON) ON LOCALISER ISSUE DY 20 JUNE.

MACLEHOSE

ALLOT DISTRIBUMON

MARD

SEAD

HKGD

[REPEA

EPEATED AS REQUESTED

CONFIDENTAL

Page 150Page 151