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PEKING TELNO.501 TO YOU (NOT TO TOKYO) AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

1. IT IS CLEAR FROM REFTEL PARA.2 THAT IN ANY FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO HAVE AN ACCURATE SUMMARY OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 1974 CHINA-JAPAN AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS,

COVERING:

(A) WHAT THE JAPANESE SAID IN ADVANCE TO CHINA AND TAIWAN ABOUT THE POLITICAL ISSUES TO BE SETTLED OUTSIDE THE FINAL TEXT:

(B) WHAT THE CHINESE DEMANDED AND WHAT THE JAPANESE CONCEDED ON THESE POINTS IN THE FINAL ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS:

(C) WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE IN JAPAN ON CAL OFFICES, ETC,

(1) WHEN THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED, AND

(2) WHEN CAL FLIGHTS WERE RESUMED.

2. WE HAVE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND PAPERS HERE (E.G THE ORAL STATEMENT MADE BY THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AT A PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT SEE TOKYO

MR. TELNO.29 SAVING TO YOU OF 25 APRIL 1974). HOWEVER WE HAVE

NOTHING ON THE RESUMPTION OF FLIGHTS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND JAPAN.

3. UNLESS ALL THIS IS ALREADY COVERED IN A PAPER, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF ONE COULD BE PREPARED. A POINT OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE HERE IS EVIDENCE ABOUT THE REACTIONS OF THE NATIONALISTS

TO STATEMENTS ON THE STATUS OF CAL. THE PAPERS WE HAVE SUGGEST THAT THEIR IMMEDIATE DECISION TO TERMINATE CAL AND JAL FLIGHTS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND JAPAN WAS NOT BASED ON PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF, NOR ONLY IN REACTION TO, THE OHIRA STATEMENT (PARA.2 ABOVE).

4. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH H.M AMBASSADOR PEKING DURING HIS VISIT HERE. HE AGREES THAT SUCH A PAPER WOULD BE USEFUL.

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