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1. HEAD OF CHANCERY WENT ON TO SPEAK AS IN PARA 2 OF TUR, SAYING HE UNDERSTOOD THAT A MESSAGE HAD BEEN OR WOULD SHORTLY BE PASSED TO CAAC CANTON FROM DCA HONG KONG AGREEING TO NON- SCHEDULED SERVICES FOR SEVEN DAYS FROM 2 DECEMBER. TSUI ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON- SCHEDULED AND CHARTER SERVICES TO WHICH WE PROFESSED IGNORANCE.

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AGAIN ON A PERSONAL BASIS, TSUI SAID HE BELIEVED CAAC

FOUND THE ARRANGEMENTS WHERE FLIGHTS COULD BE AGREED BY HONG

KONG ON AN AD HOC BASIS WERE MORE CONVENIENT THAN SCHEDULED

SERVICES. GEORGE MENTIONED THE LACK OF BOOKING CONDITIONS FOR SCHEDULED SERVICES. TSUI EXPLAINED THAT CAAC WERE LOOKING

AT OUR SCHEDULED SERVICES SUGGETION, AND..HOPED THAT IF THEIR RESEARCH WERE NOT COMPLETED BY NEXT WEEK, THAT WE COULD AGREE TO FURTHER EXTENSION OF NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS, ADDING "THERE

ARE 52 WEEKS IN A YEAR''.

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TSUI REFERRED TO THE CANTON/HONG KONG FLIGHTS AS REGIONAL, AND IT MAY EMERGE THAT THEY DO NOT ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS

NORMALLY ATTACHED TO CHARTER FLIGHTS AS BEING RELEVANT. IT BE USEFUL, IN TERMS OF OUR ARRANGEMENTS ELSEWHERE, FOR THESE FLIGHTS TO BE REFERRED TO AS NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES- RATHER THAN CHARTER FLIGHTS, OR EVEN AS SIMPLY ''FLIGHTS''?

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