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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1153 OF 2 OCTOBER 1978
DY MO. ST 1078
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, DOT, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
MY TELNO 1137 OF 28 SEPTEMBER (NOT TO DOT): NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS FROM CHINA.
1. THE CAAC DELEGATION LED BY LI SHU-FAN, MET DCA ON 2 OCTOBER TO
DISCUSS NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER CHARTERS FOR THE CANTON TRADE FAIR. LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION (GENERAL SALES AGENT), CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE (CHARTERER)
AND JARDINES (PASSENGER HANDLING AGENT) ALSO ATTENDED AS OBSERVERS.
2. CAAL REEQUESTED PERMISSION TO OPERATE DURING THE PERIOD 12 OCTOBER TO 18 NOVEMBER 1978, TWO RETURN NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS DAILY BETWEEN CANTON AND HONG KONG (BOTH STARTING FROM CANTON) FOR
PASSENGERS ATTENDING THE AUTUMN TRADE FAIR.
3. DCA HAS GIVEN APPROVAL FOR THE PERIODS REQUESTED UNDER THE SPECIAL EVENTS CATEGORY OF NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS. FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD ON 3 OCTOBER TO FINALISE ROUTINE ARRANGE-
MENTS AND PRESS STATEMENTS. WE WILL TELEGRAPH RESULTS OF THAT MEETING.
4. IT WAS INTERESTING THAT LI SUBSEQUENTLY TALKED OF THE TRADE FAIR FLIGHTS AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS CHARTER FLIGHTS TO TOHER AREAS OF CHINA FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. DCA COMMENTED THAT NO DOUBT BRITISH CARRIERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN SUCH AN EXTENSION OF CHARTER OPERATIONS. LI INDICATED THAT HE
TOOK NOTE OF THIS BUT MADE NO COMMITMENT.
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