CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 1000
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA
FM FCO 28150CZ NOV 78
TELEGRAM NUMBER 577 OF 28 NOVEMBER
AND TO JAKARTA NEW DELHI
HKK 184
RECEIVED IN REC.STAY NO. 51 29 NOV 1978
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INFO HONG KONG (GOV BCARFE) BANGKOK KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE MANILA
PARIS THE HAGUE BONN ROME BELGRADE ATHENS.
UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES
N.T.
(661
NT.
OUR TEL 558 YOUR TEL 583, BANGKOK TEL 455 AND KUALA LUMPUR TEL 435 •6662)
1. DOT, CAA AND FCO OFFICIALS SAW TOAKLEY AND HIS TEAM ON 24 NOVEMBER MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON WE WERE JOINED BY BA AND
QANTAS.
2. WE HEARD FROM TOAKLEY A FIRST HAND REPORT OF THE PROGRESS OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN EUROPE. IN GENERAL HE APPEARS WELL SATISFIED AND THOUGH HE STILL HAS TO RE-VISIT SOME COUNTRIES HE DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY INSUPERABLE PROBLEMS. HE HAS REACHED AGREEMENT
WITH THE FRG AT GOVERNMENT LEVEL AND AIRLINES ARE DISCUSSING THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE FARES AND THE DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION. IN ITALY, GREECE AND YUGOSLAVIA HE HAD A SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE AND ONLY MATTERS OF DETAIL REMAIN TO BE SETTLED. TO ALL THE ABOVE
COUNTRIES QF PROPOSE TO CONTINUE SERVICES THOUGH IN THE CASE OF
BELGRADE THIS WILL BE BY COMBINATION OF SERVICES WITH FRANKFURT
AND IN THE CASE OF ATHENS SOME OF THE SERVICES WILL BE COMBINED
WITH ROME AND SOME WILL BE TERMINATORS. THERE WILL BE PROVISION FOR RECIPROCITY BY THE NATIONAL CARRIERS THOUGH WHETHER OLYMPIC
WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS IS NOT CLEAR. THE DUTCH ARE THE
LEAST HAPPY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN CONCEPT AND THE FRENCH APPEAR TO
HAVE SOME MISGIVINGS ON CAPACITY. IN THE DUTCH CASE KLM WILL BE
ALLOWED TO OPERATE UNRECIPROCATED SERVICES AND IN THE FRENCH CASE UTA WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS AT PRESENT WITH
COMBINATION WITH POINTS IN FRENCH PACIFIC OVERSEAS TERRITORIES ON
ONE SERVICE: QF-WILL NOT SERVE PARIS. NEITHER COUNTRY'S OBJECTIONS AE
LIKELY TO BE CARRIED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING THE AUSTRALIANS TO HAVE
SECOND THOUGHTS,
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