TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 43

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FM JAKARTA 130445Z SEP

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 294 OF 13 SEPTEMBER

INFO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)

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RECEIVE A MEMO. 51 14 SEP 1979

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YOUR TEL NO 138

UK/INDONESIAN AIR SERVICES

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WE SPOKE TO RISAKOTTA WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ARRANGE

ASA TALKS DURING THE WEEK BEGINNING 22 OCTOBER. WE UNDERTOOK

TO CONFIRM WHETHER THIS WOULD IN FACT BE CONVENIENT.

2.

RISAKOTTA HAS NOW LEFT FOR THE USA, AND EXPECTS TO RETURN ON 24 SEPTEMBER (ALTHOUGH THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY HAVE TOLD US THIS

MAY BE DELAYED BY A VISIT TO CANBERRA AT THAT TIME FOR THE PROPOSED

OFFICIAL LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN ASEAN AND AUSTRALIA).

IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, WE PROPOSE TO EXTEND EXISTING

ARRANGEMENTS UPON RISAKOTTA'S RETURN ON THE BASIS OF YOUR

PARAGRAPH 2.

3. MCARTHUR OF CPA HELD TALKS WITH GARUDA IN JAKARTA ON 11

SEPTEMBER. HE WILL REPORT TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON HIS

RETURN, BUT TOLD US THAT GARUDA NOW SAID THEY WOULD WANT MERELY TO MAINTAIN THEIR EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS - A DAILY DC19 - ON

THE REGIONAL ROUTE TO HONG KONG. THEY SEEMED TO HAVE ABANDONED

THE IDEAS THEY EXPRESSED IN MAY ABOUT SEEKING FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT STILL REQUEST HONG KONG/TOKYO. GARUDA HAD TAKEN A RELAXED ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF 3747S BY CPA BUT HAD MADE CLEAR THAT ONLY A TRISTAR CAPACITY COULD BE CARRIED TO JAKARTA. THEY HAD UNDERTAKEN

TO RE-EXAMINE THE CURRENT 50 SEAT LIMITATION ON CPS'S CAPACITY SINGAPORE/JAKARTA.

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