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FM F C O 0718152 SEPT 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)

TELEGRAM NUMBER 712 OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1979.

НКК 1824

KELEIVED IN

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NO. 51

10 SEP 1979

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AND TO PEKING AND OTTAWA (FOR UKREP, ICAO, MONTREAL,

Sa 402

HONG KONG TELNO 1248 AND UKREP ICAO TEL NO 9 (NOT TO ALL) (406

CAAC NOTAM 19 AND AMBER ONE

(401

1, WE AGREE THAT THE CHINESE ACTION IS NOT WHAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT OF A MEMBER OF ICAO. WE HAVE GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE LINE OF ACTION PROPOSED IN PARA 3 OF FIRST TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE,

BUT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF REPRESENTATIONS

WERE TO BE MADE TO THE CHINESE VIA THE ICAO NETWORK ON BEHALF OF

THAT ORGANISATION AND ALL ITS MEMBERS WHO STAND TO BE AFFECTED. A

UNILATERAL APPROACH TO THE CHINESE COULD IN OUR VIEW RUN THE RISK OF PRECIPITATING THE WIDER CONSEQUENCES REFERRED TO IN PARA 4 OF

HONG KONG'S TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. BUT WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR

PEKING'S VIEWS AS WELL AS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS WHICH HONG KONG MAY

HAVE.

2. SUBJECT TO THE AGREEMENT OF THE LAST MENTIONED POSTS, WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL IF UKREP, ICAO WOULD TAKE SUCH ACTION AS IS PRACTICABLE TO ENCOURAGE ICAO TO ADDRESS ITSELF URGENTLY TO THIS

PROBLEM WITH A VIEW TO MAKING EARLY REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE THAT THEIR ACTIONS WILL RENDER VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE A RECOGNISED AND

BUSY AIR ROUTE VIZ AMBER ONE.

3. WE UNDERSTAND FROM CAA, WITH WHOM BA FIRST RAISED THE PROBLEM, THAT BA AND QUOTE OTHER AIRLINES UNQUOTE HAVE MADE REPRESENTATIONS TO IATA REGIONAL OFFICE, BANGKOK WHO HAVE IN TURN PASSED THESE ON VIA THE REGIONAL OFFICE TO ICAO, MONTREAL.

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