TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 75

CONFIDENTIAL

AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS ON AIR SERVICE MATTERS, THE INDONESIAN DELEGAT~

ION HAVE REFERRED TO THE NEED FOR LONGER-TERM STABILITY AND WE

BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE HAD IT IN MIND THAT THE ROUND OF TALKS TO PEOIN

ON 11 SEPTEMBER IN JAKARTA SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE. WE ARE SYMPATHITVC

TO THE IDEA OF CONCLUDING A LONGER-TERM ARRANGEMENT FOR REGIONAL SERVICES ON THIS OCCASION. THIS SHOULD TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE PURCHASES OF NEW EQUIPMENT BY THE AIRLINES ON BOTH SIDES AND A NEW ARRANGEMTNEIT MIGHT THEREFORE COVER SUCH MATTERS AS ADDITIONAL ROUTE POINTS, THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CAPACITY LIMITATION ON SECTORS AND CAPACITY LIMITS OVERALL DETERMINED BY NUMBERS OF SEATS (WITHIN A FREQUENCY PATTERN) RATHER THAN BY A SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT TYPE. (RISAKOTTA HAS BEEN NOT UNRECEPTIVE TO THE LATTER SUGGESTION WHEN BCARFE HAS PUT IT TO HIM BEFORE). IN THE CONTEXT OF A LONGER TERM DEAL, BOTH SIDES MIGHT CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCTION OF SERVICES ON THE TRUNK ROUTE BETWEEN JAKARTA AND LONDON.

4. WILSON (BCARFE) WILL LEAD THE UK DELEGATION AT THE TALKS. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STABLES (DOT). PRESENT INFORMATION IS THAT:

BA WILL NOT BE REPRESENTED.

5. FOR HONG KONG. WE SHOULD BE PLEASED TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND CPA IN THE DELEGATION.

6. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENT,

ENDS

CARRINGTON

FILES

MAED

SEAD

HKD MISS BROWN

MA MURRAY

COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT

CONFIDENTIAL

•

Page 75Page 76