TNAG-0779-FCO40-983-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 87

GPS 100

IMMEDIATE

CLAIR

FM CANBERRA 260700Z

UNCLASSIFIED

HKK 154/1.

RESSIVE

27 JUN 1978

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

a

TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 326 OF 26 JUNE AND TO

KE

A

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE), DELHI, AUCKLAND (WELLINGTON PLEASE PASS), BAHRAIN, KUWAIT

TRY

Y'

ikken

INFO WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, PARIS, BONN, ROME, ATHENS, VIENNA, BERNE, THE HAGUE, MADRID, BELGRADE, JOHANNESBURG

YOUR TELNO 326: AUSTRALIA/UK AIR SERVICES TALKS

(359)

1. STATEMENT BY MR NIXON WAS ISSUED AS A PRESS RELEASE AT 050OZ TODAY 26 JUNE. A FEW CHANGES WERE MADE IN TEXT, MOSTLY STYLISTIC. IT OPENS QUOTE TALKS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON REDUCED AIR FARES ARE TO CONTINUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE UNQUOTE. SECOND PARAGRAPH OF DRAFT WAS SHORTENED BY OMITTING THIRD SENTENCE AND READS, QUOTE THE MEETINGS WERE CONSTRUCTIVE AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT BOTH GOVERNMENTS SHARE THE OBJECTIVE OF REDUCING FARES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNQUOTE.

2. TEXT FOLLOWS BY BAG TO DOT.

DUDGEON

FILES

MAED

SWPD

SEAD

HKGD

NAD

MED

DEF D

PS

SIR A.DUFF MR.CORTAZZI MR.BUTLER MISS BROWN MR.WEIR

MR.MURRAY

[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]

COPIES TO:

'MR.ROGERS,

C AIR, DOT.

PLANNING STAFF

PS/MR.JUDD

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/PUS