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FM FCO 191735 Z OCT 79

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 633 OF 19 OCTOBER

AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS BONN ROME WASHINGTON

HKK 1984/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 2 OCT 1979

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INFO UKREP ICAO MONTREAL BANGKOK HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)

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UKREP ICAO MONTREAL TELS NOS 14 AND 15 (NOT TO ALL): CAAC NOTAM 19-

AMBER ONE AIRWAY,

1. FOR PEKING, SINCE THE REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT OF

ICAO HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO MAKE ANY HEADWAY, WE THINK AN APPROACH

TO THE CHINESE IN CONCEPT WITH THE FRENCH, GERMANS, ITALIANS AND ALSO THE AMERICANS WOULD BE WORTH TRYING SINCE ALL THEIR CARRIERS

STAND TO BE AFFECTED IF NOTAM 19 IS IMPLEMENTED. SUBJECT TO ANY

VIEWS YOU MAY HAVE, PLEASE DISCUSS MODALITIES WITH YOUR OPPOSITE NUMBERS IN PEKING AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, WITH THE AIM OF MAKING

EARLY JOINT REPRESENTATIONS TO.CAAC OR THE MEA, WHICHEVER YOU DEEM

MORE APPROPRIATE. IN VIEW OF THE TIMESCALE, YOU SHOULD ACT ALONE

IF YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS,

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2. YOU SHOULD AIM TO ENSURE THAT REPRESENTATIONS FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE → CHINESE NOTAM WOULD HAVE ON THE OPERATIONS OF NATIONAL CARRIERS

OPERATING BETWEEN BANGKOK AND HONG KONG (PARA 2 OF FCO TEL NO. 712 TO UKREP ICAO MONTREAL, PEKING TEL NO. 778 AND HONG KONG TEL NO. 1255 REFER). YOU COULD DRAW APPROPRIATELY ON HONG KONG TEL NO. 1248

WHICH EXPLAINED THE EFFECT ON TRAFFIC TO AND FROM HONG KONG.

3. YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE WILL ALSO

BE BRIEFED TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE VICE-PREMIER IN LONDOY DURING THE TALKS SCHEDULES FOR 30 OCTOBER UNLESS IT PROVES

POSSIBLE TO MOVE THE CHINESE BEFORE 23 OCTOBER.

4. FOR PARIS, BONN AND ROME. OV 23 JULY, THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AVIATION OF CHINA (CAAC) ISSUED A NOTICE TO AIRMEN (NOTAM) TECLARING 4 DANGER AREAS AROUND HAINAN ISLAND WHICH ARE TO

COME INTO EFFECT ON 23 OCTOBER, THE EFFECT OF THIS NOTAM WILL BE TO CLOSE THE ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL AIRWAY (KNOWN AS AMBER ONE)

PETWEEN HONG KONG AND BANGKOK, MANY SCHEDULED AND NON-SCHEDULED CARRIERS, INCLUDING AIR FRANCE, LUFTHANSA AND ALITALIA, USE AMBER O E. IF IT IS CLOSED, THEY WILL CED TO FLY AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE

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