CONDIDEMPIAL
HEK 184/1.
27 JUL1079
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GAS 400
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 261551Z JULY 79
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND ECARFE)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 594 OF 26 JUL
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YOUR TELS NO 936 AND 1040: CAB SHOW-CAUSE ORDER ON LATA
THE INVITATION TO YOU ATTEND MEETING IN MANILA PRESENTS US WITH A SLIGHT DILEMMA, SINCE HMG ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION RELATIONS OF HONG KONG, THE REPRESENTATIONS WHICH WE MADE TO THE USA LAST YEAR COVERED YOUR INTERESTS. STATES HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND WHICHEVER OF THE FOUR CONSULTATIVE MEETINGS NOW TO BE HELD (BOGOTA, BRUSSELS, MANILA AND NAIROBI) IS MOST CONVENIENT TO THEM. WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT ANY STATE IS PARTICIPATING IN MORE THAN ONE MEETING. WE ARE ATTENDING THE BRUSSELS MEETING AND WOULD ACAIN COVER YOUR INTERESTS. WE WOULD THEREFORE PREFER YOU NOT TO ATTEND THE MANILA MEETING AS A FULL PARTICIPANT. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR INTEREST, HOWEVER, AND WOULD BE CONTENT IF YOU RESPONDED TO THE INVITATION BY EXPLAINING THAT YOUR INTERESTS IN THIS MATTER ARE BEING COVERED BY HMG IN BRUSSELS BUT ASKING IF YOU COULD ATTEND AS SILENT OBSERVERS, WITH CPA AND ATLA REPRESENTATIVES.
2. FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, OUR LINE IS THAT WE DO NOT SEEK TO DEFEND IATA AS SUCH, WE BELIEVE HOWEVER THAT CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM BY VHICH INTERNATIONAL AIR FARES HAVE BEEN AGREED OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS SHOULD BE BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT AND NOT BE FORCED ON US BY UNILATERAL ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES. OUR OBJECTIVES IN BRUSSELS WILL BE:
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(1) TO IMPRESS ON THE UNITED STATES' AUTHORITIES THE STRENGTH OF FEELING WHICH EXISTS AGAINST THE UNILATERAL ACTION BY THE CAB : A MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL INTEREST. THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE US STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CIVIL HERONAUTICS BOARD (CAB)'S ORDERS SHOULD BE STAYED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR SHOULD BE ACCEPTED.
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