TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 3

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FM TOKYO 1187452 OCT 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 581 OF 11 OCTOBER

INFO HONG KONG (FOR BCARFE)

UK/JAPAN CIVIL AVIATION

1. PLEASE REFER TO TOKYO TELNO ALLOT 3 AND CANBERRA TELNO 18 OF

11 OCTOBER.

I AGREE WITH ROBERTS THAT THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN A MEMBER OF THIS EMBASSY BEING PRESENT AT THE TALKS ON ANGLO-JAPANESE AIR

SERVICES WITH NAKATA IN HONG KONG, NAKATA HAS ONLY JUST TAKEN UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE JAPAN CIVIL

AVIATION BUREAU AND CHIEF TRAFFIC RIGHTS NEGOTIATOR. THIS WOULD

PROVIDE A PARTICULARLY GOOD..OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET ALONGSIDE

HIM. I SUGGEST THAT MCLAREN, THE DESK OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL AVIATION, SHOULD GO. IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SEND AUTHORITY DESK BY 1201002.

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