TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 124

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FM FCO 19165OZ OCT 79

TO IMMEDIATE CANDERPA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 504 OF 19 OCTOBER

INFO HONG KONG

UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES

HKK 184/1

2 2 OCT 1979

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1. DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO CANBERRA ROBEPTS PROMISED TO LET

ROWLANDS KNOW, BEFORE THE AUSTRALIAN MEETING WITH ASEAN ON 22

OCTOBER, WHETHER CPA WOULD WISH TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE TO PERTH WITH LIMITED FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS (PARA 5 OF YOUR TELNO 556). AS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM HONG KONG TELNO 1460 CPA HAS NOT YET ETA

COMPLETED ITS EXAMINATION OF THIS. WILL YOU THEREFORE PLEASE

PASS THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM ROBERTS TO ROWLANDS. BEGINS.

DURING MY RECENT VISIT TO CANBERRA I PROMISED TO LET YOU KNOW

BEFORE 22 OCTOBER WHETHER CPA WOULD WISH TO CONTINUE TO SERVE

PERTH EXERCISING THE LIMITED FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS WE DISCUSSED

AT KUALA LUMPUR AND JAKARTA OR SINGAPORE (PARA 5 OF YOUR LETTER TO ME OF 10 OCTOBER). HOWEVER, CPA TELL US THAT THEY NEED A LITTLE

MORE TIME TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE AND I AM NOT YET THEREFORE IN

A POSITION TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE RESPONSE. I HOPE TO BE ABLE

TO DO WITHIN A FEW DAYS. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL, IF THE SUBJECT

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SHOULD COME UP IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ASEANS BEFORE I HAVE

RESPONDED DEFINITIVELY, IF YOU COULD TRY TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN. ENDS.

CARRINGTON

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MR ROBERTS) CAIR MR STABLES DOT.

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