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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 1010072 JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.71 OF 10 JANUARY,
INFO PORT MORESBY.
HKK 184/1.
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO D.O.T.
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PORT MORESBY TELNO.1 AND 2 TO YOU AND YOUR ALLOT 5 OF 8 JAN.
1. CPA AND AIR NIUGINI DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT YESTERDAY AND PENDING THE OUTCOME OF FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, THE STATEMENT WAS FROZEN. CPA SAY THEY CAN REFUTE AND DEMONSTRATE TO BE FALSE ALL THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST THEM IN THE STATEMENT,
2. IT SEEMS THAT ANG'S PRIME OBJECTIVE IN SEEKING THE EXTRA SECTION HKG/POM 20 JANUARY WAS TO REPOSITION AIRCRAFT IN POM
THE PLAN THEN WAS ON SATURDAY TO CARRY PASSENGERS TO BRISBANE.
TO RETURN AIRCRAFT VIA POM TO HONG KONG IN TIME TO OPERATE THE
NATURALLY, USUAL PX-10 HKG/POM ON THE EVENING OF 21 JANUARY. FERRY FLIGHT HKG/POM AND RETURN WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND TRAFFIC RIGHTS WOULD DEFRAY COSTS.
3. CPA ARE ABOUT TO OFFER ANG AN AIRCRAFT FOR THE PORT MORESBY/ BRISBANE AND RETURN FLIGHT WHICH WOULD MAKE THE EXTRA SECTION
IF ANG AND CPA REACH HKG/POM REQUESTED BY ANG UNNECESSARY. AGREEMENT ON THIS, ANG WILL NOT NEED THE EXTRA SECTION HKG/POM. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT BOOKINGS FOR ANG'S PROPOSED EXTRA SERVICE ARE MUCH LESS THAN CLAIMED.
4. ON A POSSIBLE POOL, ANG HAVE SO FAR DECLINED CPA'S OFFERS OF
AN AGREEMENT. TALKS ARE HOWEVER DUE TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO AIRLINES NEXT WEEK WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISHING A POOL AGREEMENT
NEXT MONTH,
MACLEHOSE
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HK & GD (6) MAED SPD
[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]
MR. CORTAZZI
MR.MURRAY MISS BROWN
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