TNAG-0780-FCO40-984-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 182

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 242 OF 19 JULY 1978 RFI PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)

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HONG KONG TELNO 894:

UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES

1. LIKE HONG KONG (PARA 2 OF TUR), WE EXPECT THAT THE INDONESIANS WOULD PREFER THE AUGUST DATES FOR TALKS (OUR TELNO 238). WE WOULD THEREFORE PREFER TO ASSUME THIS REACTION AND TO MAKE UP OUR OWN MINDS ON THE MERITS AND IN EXPECTATION OF IT. IF WE SOUND THEM OUT AS SUGGESTED BY HONG KONG, AND GET A NEGATIVE REACTION, BUT THEN LATER INSIST ON POSTPONEMENT, THIS WOULD

BE THE WORST SCENARIO FOR SUBSEQUENT TALKS.

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