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FM PRETORIA 13075 Z DEC 79
HKK 184
RECEIVED IN PICKEY MA, 1405
DESK OFFICIA INDEX
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 992 OF 13 TH DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
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Daly 4423.
HONG KONG TELNO 1491 (OF 25 OCTOBER ) : UK/SOUTH AFRICA AIR SERVICES
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1. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS SINCE THE TUR.
BUT LAST NIGHT THE FOREIGN MINISTER PIK BOTHA, TELEPHONED
ME TO ASK A FAVOUR OF YOU ''. HE SAID THAT HE WAS SORRY TO
BOTHER YOU PERSONALLY AT THIS TIME WHEN HE KNEW HOW EXCEPTIONALLY
BUSY YOU WERE, BUT HE WONDERED WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR
YOU TO HAVE THE DECISION NOT TO ALLOW SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS
LANDING RIGHTS AT HONG KONG RECONSIDERED. IT WAS A MATTER
• OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO SAA AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEITHER
BRITISH AIR NOR CATHY PACIFIC HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO WHAT HAD BEEN
PROPOSED NAMELY THE EXTENSION OF THE ONCE WEEKLY B 747
SERVICE BETHOND HONG KONG TO TAIPEI.
2. FROM PREVIOUS TELEGRAMS IT APPEARS THAT MR BOTHA IS WRONG
IN SAYING THAT CPA HAVE NO OBJECTIONS (HONG KONG TELNO 1418
OF 11 OCTOBER REFERS). ON THE OTHER HAND I RTE FROM FCO TELNO
874 TO HONG KONG THAT WE OURSELVES WERE PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED TO
AGREE. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF THE MATTER COULD
BE RECONSIDERED AND IF I COULD BE GIVEN A REPLY TO PASS TO
MR BOTHA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
LEAH Y
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