TNAG-0779-FCO40-983-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 201

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5. THE FIGURES GIVEN BY HONG KONG IN PARA 3 OF TUR SEEM TO INDICATE THAT SWISS EXPORTS TO HONG KONG ARE DOUBLE THEIR IMPORTS, THIS ANS THAT WHATEVER FEELINGS MIGHT BE AROUSED BY OBLIGING THE SWISS TO

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KONG SEEMS TO BE IN AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG BARGAINING POSITION.

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6. AS YOU KNOW AT THE TALKS HERE I DO NOT EXPECT TO GET ON TO THE SUBJECT OF A POSSIBLE ROUTE FOR SAS FROM COPENHAGEN TO HONG KONG. THE SCANDINAVIANS HAVE HOWEVER INDICATED A CONTINUING INTEREST IN SUCH A ROUTE, IN A PAPER WHICH THEY PUT ON THE TABLE YESTERDAY AND WHICH INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE, QUOTE A ROUTE SCANDINAVIA HONG KONG WITH THIRD, FOURTH AND BLIND SECTOR RIGHTS TO BE INCLUDED UNQOTE. THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW SERVICE TO HONG KONG FROM COPENHAGEN WITHIN THE EXISTING TOTAL OF SERVICES FROM CONTINENTAL EUROPE (WHICH ARE ALREADY IN EXCESS OF THE DEMAND) IS THEREFORE STILL A LIVE POSSIBILITY.

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