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TO PRIORITY FCO TELEGRAM NO 243 OF 27 DECEMBER

INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE ROUTINE ABU DHABI DUBAI MUSCAT DELHI

KUALA LUMPUR JAKARTA

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YOUR TELNO 950 TO NEW DELHI: CONCORDE ROUTE TO SINGAPORE

1. I DULY INFORMED THE BAHRAIN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT AND

INDUSTRY. YUSUF SHARAWI NOW TELLS ME THAT BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT WANTS AN OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR AUTHORISATION TO RESUME SINGAPORE/ CONCORDE SERVICES EITHER FROM SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT OR FROM HHG.

AUTHORISATION WILL BE GRANTED, BUT FOR AN INITIAL PERIOD OF SIX

MONTHS, I THINK THE SHORT PERIOD IS CONNECTED NOT WITH THE

EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD AUTHORISED BY THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT BUT

WITH POSSIBLE DESIRE OF GULF AIR TO OPERATE A THIRD SERVICE TO

HONG KONG, AS THEIR PRESENT TWO WEEKLY SERVICES ARE DOING VERY WELL, 2. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS IF I AM TO APPROACH BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT CN BEHALF OF EITHER HMG OR SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS NOT REPRESENTED HERE.

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