CAPACITY BUT. THAT THE TRANSITIONAL FARES REGIME REFERRED TO IN HIS LETTER TO MR DELL, WHICH PROVIDES FOR STOPOVERS, WILL TAKE THE HEAT OUT OF THE DEBATE UNTIL THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETED. FRESH TALKS WITH SINGAPORE ARE SCHEDLUED FOR 4 DECEMBER: THE NEXT ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS WITH ASEAN AVIATION AUTHORITIES WILL TAKI PLACE ON 11 DECEMBER. DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIA WILL BE HELD
FAIFLY SOON BUT ARE UNLIKELY TO BE DIFFICULT.
2. N EUROPE THE TALKS WITH THE GERMANS, DUTCH, YUGOSLAVS, ITALIANS AND GREEKS HAVE GONE WELL. I URTHER TALKS WITH THE FIRST TWO WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK. WHILST THE DUTCH DISLIKE THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS, PARTICULARLY THE LOW FARE ELEMENT, THEY WILL PROBABLY ACCEPT THEM, PARTICULARLY AS THEIR CAPACITY WILL NOT BE REDUCED. THE ITALIANS AND GREEKS BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN RETAIN THEIR ETHNIC PASSENGER TRAFFIC EVEN WITH A 5-10 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE
PROPOSED LOW FARE STRUCTURE.
3. MR NIXON ALSO EXPECTS THE AMERICANS TO ACCEPT THE PACKAGE ALLOWING CONTINENTAL AIRLINES ENTRY INTO AUSTRALIA IN RETURN FOR A LOW FARE STRUCTURE. HE WAS EMPHATIC THAT THE AMERICANS WERE READY TO INTRODUCE THE CHANGE FROM 1 FEBRUARY. ALTHOUGH HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE UK WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL I SENSED AN UNDERLYING UNEASE ABOUT OUR ATTITUDE. PR NIXON SAID THAT HE VERY MUCH HOPED THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY OVER THE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH US. HE WAS EMPHATIC THAT A
1 FEBRUARY START IN EUROPE WAS IMPERATIVE: HE COULD WAIT NO
LONGER. SHOULD THAT PROVE IMPOSSIBLE HE THOUGHT THAT MANY AUSTRALIANS WOULD TRAVEL TO EUROPE VIA THE UNITED STATES.
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