HUFO 040/23
F C O DESKBY 231100Z
RR PEKING
RR HONGAID
GRS 700
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 231100Z
HKK 184/1
RECEIVED
INT
که
FM HONG KONG 231020Z NOV 78
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
ما
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1351 OF 23 NOVEMBER
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pretty competing arguments. IMMEDIATE
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COPY
1978
HY. FED (files), REGISTRY. HK + G
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по Трувил
PA
Action Taken
Murray,
Air Air, DOT, (3)
Hong Kong Govt. office,
Londow. (7x)
INFO PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
See 663
YOUR TELNO 87% AND PEKING TELNO 8241 NON-SHCEDULED FLIGHTS
CANTON TO HONG KONG.
1. WE HAVE TODAY RECEIVED A TELEX FROM LI SHU-FAN OF CAAC ASKING
FOR OUR RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST AT THE EARLIEST'. I DO THEREFORE
''AT
HOPE THAT YOU CAN GIVE US A QUICK REPLY.
2. I AM CONCERNED THAT DURING THIS INITIAL STAGE OF THE RE-OPENING OF REGIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CLOSED SINCE 1949, WE SHOULD NOT BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT OBTAINING IMMEDIATELY AN EXACT QUID PRO QUO, PROVIDED ARRANGEMENTS ARE TEMPORARY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SERVICE BY CHINESE PLANES HAS BEEN WARMLY WELCOMED BY HONG KONG AND IS CERTAINLY AS MUCH TO HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE AS TO THAT OF CHINA. IF THE FLIGHTS WERE TO BE DISCONTINUED BY OUR REFUSAL, THERE WOULD BE VERY GREAT LOCAL DISAPPOINTMENT. IF THE REFUSAL WERE UNDERSTOOD TO BE ON THE INTERVENTION CF HMG FOR THE SAKE OF BA INTERESTS THERE WOULD BE A POSITIVE UPROAR HERE (I CAN'T COMMENT ON REACTIONS IN PEKING).
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3. IT IS NOT REALLY TRUE TO SAY THAT THE CHINESE APPEAR TO BE ''IN FULL CONTROL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE FLIGHTS'', (PEKING TUR). THEY HAVE CERTAINLY TAKEN THE LEAD BUT WITH OUR ACQUIESCENCE. THE FLIGHTS REMAIN UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE DCA AND COULD BE TERMINATED, THOUGH AT A COST IN GOODWILL AND CONVENIENCE.
4. A HONG KONG FIRM HAS STARTED A THRICE DAILY HOVERCRAFT SERVICE IN EACH DIRECTION TO CANTON (THE PLANE SERVICE IS
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