TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 210

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 972 OF 11 JULY, 1979

INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

310) YOUR TELNO 510: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES.

1. OUR POSITION REMAINS AS SET OUT IN MY TELEGRAM NUMBER 556.

ROUGH

2. ALTHOUGH AN OFFER OF FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS BEYOND HONG

KONG LIMITED TO TAIPEI ONLY AND TO CURRENT CAPACITY WAS MADE TO THE MALAYSIANS AT THE LAST ROUND OF TALKS (PARAGRAPH (D) OF YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 125 TO KUALA LUMPUR), WE WOULD NOT (NOT) WISH THIS TO BE REGARDED AS THE STARTING POINT FOR THE COMING ROUND OF TALKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE MALAYSIANS HAVE NOT MOVED FROM THEIR STARTING POSITION.

3. WITH LATHAM STILL ENGAGED IN PEKING, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE R.J. ADCOCK, ACTING CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER (AIR SERVICES). C.P.A. WILL BE REPRESENTED BY R.S. TOMKINS, MANAGER (AIRLINES) OF JOHN SWIRE AND SON, HE WILL BE BACKED BY BLUCK WHO WILL STILL BE IN LONDON DURING THE TALKS..

MACLEHOSE

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MISS BROWN

MR MURRAY

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