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HONG KONG TELNO.920 TO FCO: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
1.
DURING HIS CALL ON HUANG HUA, THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON 8 AUGUST MR DELL RAISED THIS QUESTION ON THE LINES THAT HE HOPED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ON THE CHINESE SIDE COULD
BE RESOLVED AND AIR TRAVEL BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES FACILITATED.
2.
HUANG REPLIED THAT THE CAAC WAS INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING
AN AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT AND HE HOLBD THAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED ON THE JAPANESE PATTERN. HE SAID THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING WAS THAT AN AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT SHOULD BE IN ACCORD
WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED ON THE EXCHANGE OF
AMBASSADORS. HE WENT ON TO SAY THERE WERE OF COURSE SOME PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE USE OF KAI TAK AIRPORT BUT THAT THESE WERE NOT SERIOUS
OBSTACLES AND THAT THESE COULD BE RESOLVED,
3. OUR IMPRESSION IS THAT HUANG WAS HINTING THAT PROVIDED
A STATEMENT OF HMG'S GENERAL VIEW OF AIR SERVICES TO TAIWAN WAS MADE (THAT IS THEIR POINT ONE) THE REMAINING FOUR POINTS
WOULD BE MANAGEABLE.
4. IT WAS AGREED BETWEEN MINISTERS THAT DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE PURSUED AT EMBASSY LEVEL. WE HAVE MR DELL'S AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A FORMULA WHICH MEETS THE CHINESE
ON POINT ONE BUT FUDGES THE REMAINDER. WE SHALL PUT TO YOU
DRAFT SUGGESTIONS SHORTLY.
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