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FM PEKING 170700Z DEC 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1067 OF 17 DECEMBER
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.
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WHEN I SAW VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ZHANG WENJIN ON 14 DECEMBER
! DREW HIS ATTENTION TO THE DIFFICULTY WE WERE. HAVING IN ARRANGING A MEETING BETWEEN CAAC AND BRITISH AIRWAYS. ZHANG SAID THAT ON
RETURN FROM HUA'S VISIT TO LONDON THE DELEGATION HAD GIVEN AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS TO CAAC. PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS. I AGREED, BUT SAID THAT EVEN THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS COULD NOT SETTLE MATTERS IF THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO MEET, AND REMINDED HIM OF OUR APRIL DEADLINE.
HE SAID HE WAS AWARE OF OUR ANXIETY TO IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT.
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