TNAG-0863-FCO40-1073-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 44

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YOUR TELNO 93: UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES.

1. THERE IS STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON ASEAN/AUSTRALIA FARES AND WE NEED TO REVIEW THE HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA FARES PACKAGE PROPOSAL AGREED IN CANBERRA IN THE JANUARY TALKS IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT ASEAN PROPOSALS BEFORE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ASEAN/AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA FARES CAN BE MADE. THE LATTER CANNOT BE ANNOUNCED WITHOUT OUR AGREEMENT AND WE TRUST THAT THE AUSTRALIANS WILL NOT AGREE TO ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ASEAN/AUSTRALIA FARES UNTIL WE ARE READY TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA FARES. WE EXPECT THEREFORE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ADVANCE WARNING.

2. AGREEMENT WITH ASEAN ON A FORMULA FOR THE TRUNK ROUTE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOME WAY AWAY. UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS SETTLED, PROGRESS ON UK/NZ FARES WILL CONTINUE TO POSE PROBLEMS.

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