TNAG-0862-FCO40-1072-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 76

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FM CANBERRA 250645Z JAN 79

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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GOVERNOR AND BCARFE-

TELEGRAM NUMBER 9 OF 25 JANUARY

INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, KUALA LUMPUR.

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YOUR TELNO 147 TO FCO : UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES

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ROGERS CONFIRMS THAT A FULL SCALE REVIEW IS INTENDED AND THAT THE FORTHCOMING TALKS WILL EMBRACE, INTER ALIA,

QUESTIONS OF ROUTE POINTS AND OF CAPACITY ON BOTH THE TRUNK AND REGIONAL ROUTES IN THE LIGHT OF FORECAST DEMANDS. IT WOULD THEREFORE BE HELPFUL FOR THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES TO HAVE AVAILABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING TRAFFIC FLOWS, SEATING FACTORS AND GROWTH FIGURES.

2. HE ALSO EXPECTS THAT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME WILL NEED TO

BE SPENT IN DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MALAYSIANS. OF THE AUSTRALIAN ICAP REGIME AND PARTICULARLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND MALAYSIAN WISHES FOR FARES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE ROUTES TO AUSTRALIA WHICH HAS COME TO

LIGHT IN THE DISCUSSIONS HERE.

3. IT IS NOT, THEREFORE, LIKELY IN THE TIME AVAILABLE (FOUR DAYS NOT THREE) THAT CONCLUSION WILL BE REACHED ON NEW AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS.

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SIR A.DUFF MISS BROWN MR.MURRAY

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