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AIR SERVICES

1. LOWE, BRITISH AIRWAYS MANAGER, TELLS ME THAT HE WAS RECENTLY APPROACHED BY FAR EASTERN EXONOMIC REVIEW FOR AN

INTERVIEW ON ICAP. HE REFERRED THIS TO HIS HEAD OFFICE WHO CONSULTER WILSON NOW IN THAILAND WITH ROGERS. BA'S ADVICE TO LOWE WAS THAT HE SHOULD SAY NOTHING, BUT ADDED THAT THEY UNDER- STOOD THAT ROGERS HAD SAID HE WOULD NOT BE AVERSE TO TALKING TO

THE REVIEW WHEN HE GETS TO HONG KONG NEXT MONTH.

24 AS I SEE IT FROM HERE WE HAVE MIRACULOUSLY KEPT OUT OF THE FIRING LINE APART FROM THE ODD STRAY 'SHOT, AND I SEE LITTLY ADVANTAGE AT THIS JUNCTURE IN EXPOSING SURFACE UNNECESSARILY, HENNINGS

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