TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 100

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FM BONN 25143OZ OCTOBER 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NO 629 OF 25 OCTOBER

Hack 184/1

NOT 5

2 6 OCT 1979

INDEX

INFO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK, HONG KONG, PARIS, ROME, PEKING AND UKREP

ICAO MONTREAL.

455

BONN TELNO 514: CAAC NOTAM 19

ONN

- AMBER ONE AIRWAY

PA

1. WE HAD INFORMED THE MFA (HELD) OF THE RESPONSES RECEIVED FROM

PARIS AND ROME TO YOUR SUGGESTION OF A JOINT APPROACH. HE HAS

TOLD US IN CONFIDENCE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT WISH

TO SUPPORT POLITICAL REPRESENTATIONS IN PEKING DURING THE VISIT

OF CHAIRMAN HUA TO BONN.

2. THEIR MISSION IN PEKING HAVE NOW BEEN AUTHORISED TO PARTICIPATE

IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR BRITISH, FRENCH AND ITALIAN COLLEAGUES ON THE TERMS OF A JOINT APPROACH TO THE CHINESE. THEY HAVE

DEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO COMMIT THE FRG TO SUPPORTING THE

REPRESENTATIONS UNTIL THE TERMS HAVE BEEN CLEARED WITH BONN.

3. MEANWHILE THE FRG HOPE THAT A SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND AT TECHNICAL

LEVEL THROUGH THE CONTINUED EFFORTS OF ICAO AND IATA,

WRIGHT

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MAGO

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WED

EID (E)

NAMD

SEAD

HRGD

MISS BROWN MR MURRAY

MR FERGY SSON MR FRET WELL

LORD NG LENNOX

MR

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