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YOUR TELNO 577: UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES

1. THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION HAVE TOLD US THAT WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM DISCUSSED THE MATTER WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (SARKAR) ON 22 NOVEMBER THE LATTER HAD SAID THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO REACH A DECISION WITHIN THE PROPOSED

AUSTRALIAN TIME FRAME. THE INDIANS WOULD HAVE TO STUDY THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS FOR THEIR RELATIONS WITH

OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO HAVE FURTHER FORMAL

DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUSTRALIANS AT A LATER MUTUALLY CONVENIENT

DATE.

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MR.CORTAZZI MISS BROWN MR.MURRAY

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