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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 210935Z FEB 79
TO ROUTINE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 301 OF 21 FEBRUARY
INFO BANGKOK, SINGAPORE.
Hemt4/1
RELANED #F.
2 2 FEB 1979
INDEX
15.51
QY
en
No
J2.2.
NIR BANGKOK TELNO 122 TO FCO: UK/THAI AIR SERVICES.
1. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON CHIANG MAI WILL REQUIRE AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 13 OF THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT. THAI INTERNATIONAL PLAN TO OPERATE SERVICES BETWEEN CHIANG MAI AND HONG KONG FROM 1 APRIL (MY TEL NO 255) AND, PRESUMABLY, AN OPERATING PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED BY DOT TO AUTHORISE THE NEW SERVICE FOLLOWING THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KEEP US INFORMED ON THIS.
2. CPA PLANS ARE LESS CERTAIN BUT THEY HAVE IN MIND TO OPERATE INITIALLY A ONCE-WEEKLY B707F FREIGHTER SERVICE ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/CHIANG MA!/HONG KONG FROM A DATE YET TO BE DETERMINED. WE REALISE THAT TRAFFIC RIGHTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE UNDER THE UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS, BUT EXPECT THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROBELM GIVEN OUR BENEVOLENT ATTITUDE TOWARDS SIA'S FREIGHTER SERVICE TO HONG KONG AND BEYOND. THIS COULD PERHAPS BE BORNE IN MIND AT FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE SINGAPOREANS.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]
MAED
SEAD
HK & GD
SPD
MR. BUTLER
MR. CORTAZZI MISS BROWN MR.MURRAY
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