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E. PAGE 4. SUB PARA (VI)

AMEND FIRST SENTENCE TO READ:

QUOTE FROM 1 JANUARY 1980, CPA MAY, IN ADDITION TO THE TWO FREIGHTER SERVICES MENTIONED IN (V) ABOVE, OPERATE 7 X L1011 SERVICES PER WEEK, OR EQUIVALENT CAPACITY, ON

UK ROUTE 2 WITH FULL FIFTH FREEDOM TRAFFIC RIGHTS ON ALL

SERVICES UNQUOTE.

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COMMENT

WE WISH TO TREAT DUBAI DIFFERENTLY FROM ATHENS AND

AMSTERDAM IN THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT IT INTO THE

ROUTE SCHEDULE.

YOU SHOULD REMIND THE MALAYSIANS THAT WE EXPLAINED TO THEM IN LONDON THE SENSITIVITY OVER POINTS IN THE UAE AND WOULD NOT WISH

DUBAI TO APPEAR IN A PUBLISHED ROUTE SCHEDULE. WE WOULD NOT ' HOWEVER MAKE A STICKING POINT OF THIS IF THE MALAYSIANG REACTED

VERY STRONGLY.

C. IF THE MALAYSIANS QUESTION WHETHER THE EIGHTH AND ANY

SUBSEQUENT FREQUENCIES CAN ALSO GO BEYOND HONG KONG TO

TAIPEH AND TOKYO, YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THIS IS IMPLICIT IN SUB-PARA (IV), THOUGH THERE WOULD NOT OF COURSE BE ANY INCREASE

IN THE NUMBER EXERCISING FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS.

D AND E, THE CPA FREIGHTERS WERE NOT MENTIONED IN ANY OF THE MALAYSIAN DISCUSSIONS NOR WERE THEY MENTIONED IN THE DRAFT LETTER FROM S OF S(T) TO MANICKA. PREVIOUSLY, THE TWO CPA FREIGHTERS WERE PART OF THE 10 FREQUENCIES WHICH BALANCED THE 10 MAS FREQUENCIES BETWEEN W MALAYSIA AND HONG KONG. THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF THE NEW PACKAGE IS ONE OF OPTICAL BALANCE. WE WOULD NOT THEREFORE EXPECT THE MALAYSIANS TO ACCEPT THE FREIGHTERS AS ADDITIONAL FREQUENCIES ON THE UK SIDE. WE ARE HOWEVER PREPARED TO TRY THIS ON UNLESS YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE UNDESIRABLE REPERCUSSIONS. THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATIVE FALL-BACK POSITIONS (1) TC LEAVE IT OUT OR (2) TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SUD PARA COMING AFTER SUB PARA (VI) QUOTE CPA AND MAS MAY IN ADDITION TO THE FREQUENCIES MENTIONED IN (111) TO (V1) ABOVE OPERATE ALL FREIGHTER SERVICES BY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM UNQUOTE. WILL HONG KONG PLEASE SAY URGENTLY WHICH OF THE TWO ALTERNATIVES THEY WOULD PREFER.

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