TNAG-0781-FCO40-985-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 26

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DENTIAL

FM FCO 051730Z DEC 78

CONFIDENTIAL

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)

TELEGRAM NUMBER 916 OF 5 DECEMBER

AND TO BANGKOK AND BRUNEI

4/1

H K K PA 184

RECEIVED

DE R

INDEX

*

8 DE 1978

709

31

RY

on Taken

INFO SINGAPORE

674,

693

No

BCARFE ALLOT 28, BANGKOK ALLOT 9 AND BRUNEI ALLOT 5: See (128)

THAILAND/BRUNEI AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

1. WE AND DOT HAVE NO STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THE VENUE FOR THESE TALKS, BUT IN VIEW OF THAIS' APPARENT EAGERNESS TO COME TO BRUNEI, WE THINK IT BEST TO TRY AND ACCOMMODATE THEIR WISHES. WE ARE CONTENT TO LEAVE BRUNEI AND BANGKOK

TO WORK THIS OUT BETWEEN THEM.

2. FOR BCARFE: SIGNATURE OF UK-FOR-BRUNEI/SINGAPORE ASA IS FIXED FOR 13 DECEMBER. IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE A QUOTE WHITE PAPER UNQUOTE VERSION OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE THAI TALKS IN JANUARY., BUT A FINAL PRINT OF THE TEXT IS AVAILABLE AND WE SHALL SEND YOU A CERTIFIED COPY, (AS SIGNED BY LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND THE SINGAPORE HIGH COMMISSIONER), AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER SIGNATURE. THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CONVINCE THE THAIS THAT THERE IS

A SINGAPORE PRECEDENT.

OWEN

FILES

MAED

HK & GD SEAD

NTD

MISS BROWN

MR MURRAY MR FIGG

[COPIES PASSED CAD/DOT]

CONFIDENTIAL