TNAG-0863-FCO40-1073-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 125

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LPP

DWF G 179

LDX 714/15

LHL 624/15

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PP DOT/ALLOT

GRS 700

CONFIDENTIAL

FM BANGKOK 150748Z

TO PRIORITY DOT

HEE 184/

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INDEX

No

Ms MORRIS Foo

2 3 FEB 1979

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J27.2

0.51

Bangkok

AR 1 Steele

TELNO ALLOT 1 OF 15FEB

for

Mr Williamson

(117)

FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR STEELE FROM ROGERS

Son 149)

148)

Im 242 C'RIVE Hews.

ADVANCE COPY

+1

DOT (CAD) Skellner Hase

Hd of MAED

1746215

ANO/DISTRIA TAV

[Allot Dist

YOUR ALLOT 1 OF 8JAN LIASISON VISIT TO HONGKONG

1. GRATEFUL YOUR TUR, WHICH I FOUND AWAITING MY ARRIVAL HERE.

AS YOU WILL HAVE APPRECIATED, MY TELEGRAM TO HONGKONG FROM

KUALA LUMPUR AT THE END OF LAST WEEK WAS SENT BEFORE I SAW

YOUR COMMENTS. HOWEVER, I HOPE THAT IN WIDENING THE SCOPE OF THE DISCUSSION I DID NOT CUT ACROSS YOUR VIEWS.

2. AT PRESENT, I CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT LED HONGKONG TO INCLUDE ITEM: (C) IN THEIR PROPOSED AGENDA. MICHAEL MILES (NOW MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CPA) DID NOT MENTION IT TO ME WHILE WE WERE IN KUALA LUMPUR LASTWEEK. HE IS USUALLY VERY OPEN WITH ME BUT THIS IS NOT CONCLUSIVE SINCE WE WERE VERY FULLY OCCURIED AND THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUIET CHAT. I IMAGINE THAT, WHETHER - THE INVITATION COMES FROM CPA OR FROM THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT, IT WAS SPARKED OFF PARTLY BY RENEWED COMPLAINTS ABOUTTHE QUALITY

OF BA'S SERVICE BUT MORE SO BY THE PUBLICITY ABOUT LAKER'S

PROPOSALS AND BY THE CAA'S INITIATIVE OVER THE POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF WHOLEPLANE CHARTERS ON THE UK/HONGKONG ROUTE.

3. I SHALL OF COURSE BE GLAD TO ACT ON YOUR INSTRUCTIONS

WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE ATTITUDE OF STRICT IMPARTIALITY WE ADOPTED DURING THE DISCUSSIONS OF 1975/76.