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LASSIFIED
CANBERRA Ø60623Z FEB 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 104 OF 06 FEBRUARY
(107)
Hack 184/1
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AND PRIORITY SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR (PLEASE RASS TO ROGER ROUTINE JAKARTA, MANILA, BANGKOK, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
• MY TEL TO KUALA LUMPUR NO 2:
UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES
1. IN HIS SPEECH IN SYDNEY LAST NIGHT TO THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT
COMPANY FOR ASIA MR NIXON DEALT AT LENGTH WITH AVIATION POLICY
AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE ASEAN PROBLEM.
HE
A. DENIED THAT AUSTRALIA HAD SOUGHT BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS
IN ORDER TO DIVIDE ASEAN : BILATERAL CONFIDENTIALITY WAS OFTEN NEČESSARY:
B. AFFIRMED THAT FUTURE DISCUSSIONS WOULD HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE
BOTH THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AND AUSTRALIAN
RELATIONSHIPS WITH ASEAN:
C. ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PROPOSALS MEANT A CUT IN THE CAPACITY
OPERATING FROM AUSTRALIA TO SE ASIA BUT SAID THAT SE ASIAN
CARRIERS WOULD HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS WITH QANTAS TO SHARE THE
TRAFFIC BETWEEN THEIR COUNTRIES AND AUSTRALIA:
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D. CLAIMED THAT LOWER FARES WOULD PRODUCE A NET GAIN IN
TOURISM TO THE ASIAN REGION:
E. POINTED OUT THAT.47 PER CENT OF AUSTRALIAN STOPOVER TRAFFIC IN ASIAN COUNTRIES IS DESTINED FOR OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES,
FOR EUROPE:
NOT
F. DENIED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAD ONLY JUST BECOME INVOLVED AND AFFIRMED THAT MR PEACOCK AND HE WERE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES:
G. EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE ASEAN / AUSTRALI AN -DISCUSSIONS WOULD TAKE PLACE VERY SHORTLY AT WHICH A RANGE OF IDEAS COULD BE CONSIDERED WHICH WERE JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY AUSTRALIAN AND UK
AUTHORITIES IN CANBERRA TWO WEEKS AGO. QUOTE: THE AIM
OF THOSE IDEAS IS TO ENSURE TO THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
AN EQUITABLE SHARE OF THE TRAFFIC BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE.
TAKEN WITH OUR OTHER PROPOSALS FOR LOWER FARES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA
AND THE ASEAN COUNTRIES, THESE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE TO THE BENEFIT OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN TOURISM AND THE ECONOMIES OF
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