TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 111

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TELNO 3338 OF 22 OCTOBER 79

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING ROUTINE UKREP ICAO MONTREAL, BANGKOK, HONG KONG (FOR GOV AND BCARFE)

INFO SAVING TO PARIS BONN ROME HAND1.

YOUR TELNO 633 TO PEKING: CAAC NOTAM 19

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AMBER ONE AIRWAY

THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY ARE NOT REPEAT NOT INTENDING TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE ABOUT NOTAM 19. THEY SAY THAT PAN AM HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME AND HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO MODIFY THEIR AFFECTED ROUTES.

THE RESULT IS THAT

THEIR JOURNEY TIMES HAVE BEEN INCREASED BY NO MORE THAN EIGHT

MINUTES. IN THE ABSENCE OF PRESSURE FROM THE CARRIER, THE

ADMINISTRATION EVIDENTLY DO NOT FEEL UNDER ANY PRESSURE TO

COMPLAIN TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THIS, AND MAY ON WIDER GROUNDS WISH TO AVOID UPSETTING THE CHINESE WHEN THEY ARE STILL SOME WAY FROM SECURING A SATISFACTORY AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT. FCO PASS SAVING TO PARIS BONN ROME AND HANOI.

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