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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING TELNO 598 OF 6 OCT
AND TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
FROM FED:
184/1
REER PAHERIQUI
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UK/CHINA AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT: DAVIES' TELELETTER OF 25 SEPTEMBER TO ALLEN, AND HONG KONG TELNO 1167
1. WE ARE PRESSING ON URGENTLY WITH OUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS QUESTION, BUT WE DO NOT EXPECT TO BE IN A POSITION TO ADVANCE DISCUSSION SUBSTANTIVELY DURING HUANG HUA'S VISIT. IN ANY CASE, IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO GET INVOLVED IN DETAILED NEGOTIATION OF A STATEMENT. HE WILL, HOWEVER, BE BRIEFED TO INDICATE OUR INTEREST IN PRINCIPLE IN SIGNING AN AGREEMENT AND TO PRESS HUANG HUA TO SHOW THE POLITICAL WILL TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO THE PROPOSALS WHICH WE WILL BE PUTTING FORWARD THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS.
2. A RESEARCH DEPARTMENT MINUTE ON THE QUOTE JAPANESE SOLUTION UNQUOTE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU BY BAG. A SUMMARY VERSION FOLLOWS BU TELEGRAM ON 7 OCTOBER.
3. WE AGREE THAT OUR FIRST BID SHOULD BE TO OFFER A REFERENCE TO THE 1972 STATEMENT MADE AT THE TIME OF EXCHANGE OF AMBASSADORS (PARAGRAPH 5A OF TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE) BUT WE NEED TO PREPARE A FALL-BACK POSITION. MIFT CONTAINS THE DRAFT TEXT OF A PUBLIC STATEMENT WHICH WE MIGHT MAKE, AIMED TO SATISFY THE CHINESE AND
YET AVOID PROVOKING A REACTION BY TAIWAN AGAINST CATHAY PACIFIC.
4. WE ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN
OFFICIALS SHOWING SUNG CHIH-KUANG A FORM OF WORDS DURING HUANG HUA'S VISIT, IN THE HOPE OF GETTING AN INFORMAL REACTION. WE REALISE THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE HADE TIME TO CONSIDER THE FULL TEXT OF THE RESEARCH REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE. NEVERTHELESS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY PRELIMINARY VIEWS YOU HAVE ON THE
DRAFT TEXT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWING A TEXT TO SUNG. GWEN
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MR MURRAY MR CORTAZZI
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