TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 55

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FUNG KONG 080340Z SEP 79

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1255 OF 8 SEPTEMBER

10 SEP 1979

RY

See (нов

) (40)

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING OTTAWA (FOR UKREP ICAO MONTREAL)

DOT (CAIR).

INFO SAVING HANOI, BANGKOK.

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YOUR TELNO 712 AND PEKING TEL NO 778 TO YOU: CAAC NOTAM 19

AND AMBER 1,

1. WE AGREE (YOUR PARA 2) THAT THIS SHOULD BE PURSUED THROUGH ICAO.

2. THE VIETNAMESE STATEMENT REPORTED IN PEKING TELNO 778 MAKES.

CLEAR THE DANGERS OF POLEMICS BETWEEN CHINA AND VIETNAM ON THE

· SUBJECT. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST ICAO BE URGED TO RAISE THIS AS A

PRACTICAL ISSUE RATHER THAN AS A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE (E.G. ECHOING

THE VIETNAMESE CLAIM THAT THE CHINESE ACTION CONTRADICTS THE

AIMS OF ICAO).

FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING HANOI AND BANGKOK

MACLEHOSE

REPEATED AS REQUESTED Copies seur’to CAD/DOT

Files

MAGD

HKQD

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MISS CLOWN

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