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14 MAY 1976
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REGISTRY Action Taken
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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TELNO.564 OF 11 MAY,
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AND TO IMMEDIATE MANILA,
INFO IMMEDIATE: PEKING, D O T,
ROUTINE
: HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
CHINA/PHILIPPINES AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
1. ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL PRESS HERE QUOTING A NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY DESPATCH FROM MANILA DATED 8 MAY, AN AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
BETWEEN CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES WAS INITIALLED IN MANILA ON 8 MAY
2. THE N CNA REPORT SAYS THAT, IN A STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, THE PHILIPPINES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SAID:
"THE FILIPINO-CHINESE CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS WHILE THE AIR SERVICE BETWEEN MANILA AND TAIPEI IS NON GOVERNMENTAL AND REGIONAL.''
HE IS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING:
''THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE FLAG INSIGNIA ON TAIWAN'S PLANES AS BEING A ''NATIONAL FLAG'
NOR DOES IT RECOGNISE TAIWAN'S CHINA AIRLINES AS BEING A
NATIONAL AIRLINE."
3. ACCORDING TO AN AFP REPORT, ALSO DATELINED MANILA, THE DRAFT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS TO BE SIGNED IN PEKING BY MRS MARCOS IN JUNE, ALLOWS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF FLIGHTS TO TAIWAN.
IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE, BEFORE THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT' TALKS IN PEKING NEXT WEEK, CONFIRMATION OF WHAT THE FILIPINOS ACTUALLY SAID ABOUT TAIWAN AND TO FIND OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THEIR A.S.A.
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