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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) SINGAPORE BANGKOK MANILA JAKARTA CANBERRA WELLINGTON

Y TEL NO 207: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES

1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF LETTER FROM ROBERTS TO HAMZAH ABOUT

DISCOUNTING PRACTICES,

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!!! THE COURSE OF AIR SERVICES TALKS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF MALAYSIA HELD IN LONDON BETWEEN 16 AND 20 JULY, THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF AGREEMENTS ON AIR FARE STRUCTURES,

AND THE DISRUPTION WHICH COULD BE CAUSED IF FARES WERE

DISCOUNTED IN BREACH OF SUCH AGREEMENTS. THE DISCUSSION TOOK

PLACE PRIMARILY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ORIENT AIRLINES

ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT.

2. BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT THEIR AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES WOULD EMPHASISE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE AIRLINES THE IMPORTANCE CF ADHERING STRICTLY TO THE AGREEMENTS ON THE STRUCTURE OF AIR FARES TO WHICH THEY WERE PARTY, AS LONG AS SUCH AGREEMENTS

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