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CANBERRA 01063CZ MAY 79
TV IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 200 OF 1 MAY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BEANO) | J4.S
INFO ROUTINE SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK JAKARTA
MANILA WELLINGTON
YOUR TELNO 136:
UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES
1. HALTON RANG ME TODAY JUST BEFORE LEAVING FOR
KUALA LUMPUR TO INFORM ME OF THE OUTCOME OF THE CONSULTATION WITH AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HONG KONG PACKAGE (PARAGRAPH 3
Taken
OF TUR). HE SAID THAT WITH THE BEST WILL IN THE WORLD THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT COULD NOT REPEAT NOT SEE THEIR WAY CLEAR TO AGREEING TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HONG KONG ON THE EVE OF THEIR TALKS WITH THE ASCANS. HALTON SAID THEY WERE ENTIRELY SYMPATHETIC AND WERE FULLY CONSCIOUS CF THE ANXIETY OF HONG KONG AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO
CET THE PACKAGE, WHICH HAD BEEN BROADLY AGREED ON IN JANUARY, FINALLY LAUNCHED. THE AUSTRALIANS HAD BEEN DISAPPOINTED,
AS REPORTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TUR THAT THEY HAD NOT IN FACT HAD
ANY BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH THE ASEANS SINCE THE JAKARTA MEETING DESPITE THE AGREEMENT THERE THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS AN INFRINGEMENT OF ASEAN SOLIDARITY, HALTON
SAID THAT IF THEY COULD GET ONE OR TWO BILATERALS IN PROGRESS AFTER KUALA LUMPUR HE HOPED THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW. IN ANY CASE HE WOULD REMIND THE KUALA LUMPUR MEETING THAT WE HAD HAD AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE HONG KONG SERVICE FOR A LONG TIME AND IT COULD NOT BE KEPT UNDER WRAPS
MUCH LONGER,
2, WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORT ON THIS.
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