HKK184/
RECEIVES
70
NO. 51
(3)
GR 120
RESTRICTED
FM FCO 12141OZ JAN 79
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO 38 OF 12 JANUARY
AND TO SEOUL
INFO TOKYO
RESTRICTED
IND
FROM FED: YOUR TELNO 78: UK/KOREA AIR SERVICES
OFFICEA
PA
لسلام
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1. WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH BA THEIR INTEREST IN OPENING A SERVICE
TO SEOUL. (DRAPER IS QUOTED IN AN ARTICLE BY MICHAEL DONNE IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES OF 8 JANUARY AS SAYING THAT BA INTENDED TO FLY INTO SEOUL THIS YEAR). BA SAID THAT THESE REPORTS WERE PREMATURE, AND THAT THERE WAS LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF. BA GOING ON LINE IN SEOUL IN 1979. HOWEVER, THEY DID HAVE A FIRM INTENTION TO FLY INTO SEOUL IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. THEIR PREFERRED ROUTE WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE POLAR ROUTE FROM LONDON TO TOYO, ALTHOUGH THERE WOULD BE SEVERAL BRIDGES TO CROSS BEFORE THIS SERVICE COULD BE ESTABLISHED.
OVEN
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FILES
FED
MAED
HA & GD
MR.CORTAZZI MISS BROWN
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