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FM HONG KONG 2902252 JAN 79
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 189 OF 29 JANUARY
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING WELLINGTON (FOR ROGERS) AND ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
. YOUR TELNO 79: UX/PRC AIR SERVICES.
1. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS EMERGED FROM INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN DCA AND SHEN TU DURING THE LATTER'S BRIEF STOP-OVER IN HONG KONG ON 25/27 JANUARY, BLUCK OF CPA, R C LEE (WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF CPA) AND THE HEAD AND DEPUTY HEAD OF THE LOCAL NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY WERE ALSO PRESENT DURING THE CONVERSATION,
(A) THE CHINESE ARE STILL DETERMINED TO CONSIDER SERVICES BETWEEN
HONG KONG AND CHINA AS BEING OF REGIONAL??
REGIONAL
NATURE,
(B) SHEN INDICATED THAT THEY ARE NOT YET READY TO DISCUSS THE ASA WITH UK BUT DO WISH TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT REGIONAL SERVICES CONTINUE,
(0) THERE IS NOW NO ROOTED CHINESE OBJECTION TO COOPERATION WITH
SWIRES OR WITH AN AIRLINE COMPANY SUCH AS CPA OR HONG KONG AIRWAYS OPERATING UNDER THE SWIRE BANNER,
(D) SHEN WAS PROMPTED BY LEE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS SCOPE FOR A
SWIRE-BASED AIRLINE COMPANY TO OPERATE RECIPROCAL HKG/CHINA SERVICES IN COOPERATION WITH CAAC,
(三)
CAAC ENVISAGE EXPANSION OF SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND OTHER POINTS IN CHINA IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE,
(F) CAAC ARE ENTHUSIATIC TO SEE CANTON AS A PRACTICAL ALTERNATE
AIRFIELD FOR HONG KONG, AND THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION PLANS FOR THE CANTON AIRPORT IN RESPECT OF RUNNWAY, PARKING, TERMINAL BUILDING AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION,
(G) THEY ARE KEEN YO SET UP A SPARES EXCHANGE SCHEME FOR 'B707'5
PETWEEN CRA AND CHAC.
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