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TO ROUTINE PEKING TELNO 502 OF 6 SEP 78

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1. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT DURING A CONVERSATION WITH CORTAZZI AT LUNCH ON 4 SEPTEMBER, CHINESE CHARGE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL IF CHINA COULD FLY REGULAR SERVICES INTO HONG KONG. THEY WERE THINKING AGAIN ABOUT WHAT MR DELL HAD SAID IN PEKING. CATHAY

PACIFIC FLIGHTS VIA TAIPEI WERE PURELY COMMERCIAL AND DID NOT INVOLVE THE GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE HAD PROPOSED A JAPANESE TYPE FORMULA. BUT RECOGNISED THAT HONG KONGS'S POSITION AND THAT OF JAPAN WERE DIFFERENT, EG HONG KONG HAD ONLY ONE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THESE COMMENTS WILL

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