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DESKBY 300930Z

FM PEKING 309815Z NOV 78

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 869 OF 30 NOV

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

HKK 1841

RECEIVED HI KA

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:::

1 DEC 1978

DESK OFFICER INDEX

No

ळू

CLE

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON

YOUR TELNO 756: AIR SERVICES

686

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1. MFA TELEPHONED TO SAY THAT THEY NEEDED TIME TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSAL FOR SCHEDULED SERVICES AS OPPOSED TO CAAC'S REQUEST FOR CHARTER SERVICES. THEY ASKED IF THE FLIGHTS COULD BE ENABLED TO CONTINUE AND, IN CLARIFICATION, SAID THAT THE BASIS OF THE FLIGHTS NEED NOT BE SPECIFIED. THEY DID NOT SAY HOW MUCH TIME THEY NEEDED. HEAD OF CHANCERY INFORMED THEM OF THE STATEMENT BEING ISSUED BY DCA HONG KONG, AND SAID THAT LATTER WOULD ARRANGE FOR A CONTINUATION OF FLIGHTS FOR SEVEN DAYS FROM 1 DECEMBER.

DAVIES

FILES

FED

HK & GD

MAED

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

MR. CORTAZZI

MR.MURRAY

MR. DARWIN (LEGAL ADVISER)

MISS BROWN

COPIES TO:

CAIR DIVN. DOT

HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE

LONDON

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