GRS 350 CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP ICAO MONTREAL 0516302 DEC 79
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 21 OF 4 DECEMBER
HKK 184/1.
· 6 DEC 1979.
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING HONG KONG ROUTINE BANGKOK PARIS ROME BONN
WASHINGTON
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PEKING TELNOS 1815, 1819 AND 1820 TO FCO: CAAC NOTAM 19: AMBER ONE 1. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS IN RELATION TO
POINTS MADE BY CHINESE.
1. AS FLOWN SINCE MARCH 1978 AMBER ONE HAS TWO DEFINED TURN ING
POINTS INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN DANANG AND HONG KONG. THESE ARE AT 1713N, 11000E AND 1900N, 11148E, AND WERE INTRODUCED AT THE TIME PRESIDENT ICAO NEGOTIATED RE-OPENING OF VIETNAMESE
AIRSPACE. THESE CHANGES IN ALIGNMENT ARE VERY MINOR. THE ROUTE DOES NOT DIVERGE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE ALIGNMENT FIRST AGREED IN 1973 (WITH A SINGLE INTERMEDIATE POINT AT 1900N, 11230E). WHEN PLOTTED AS AIRWAYS 50 NAUTICAL MILES WIDE BOTH ALIGNMENTS
OVERLAP THE WHOLE WAY TO HONG KONG. BOTH WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE DANGER AREAS. THE 1978 CHANGES SLIGHTLY REDUCED THE FLYING TIME, AND MORE CLEARLY AVOIDED OVERFLYING CERTAIN ISLANDS.
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WHEN SEEKING NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIETNAMESE TO RE-OPEN ROUTE IN 1978, PRESIDENT ICAO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SHEN TU (DIRECTOR CAAC) ASKING TO BE REPRESENTED AT VIENTIANE MEETING. PRESIDENT REPLIED THAT DISCUSSIONS WERE TO BE ONLY BETWEEN THOSE STATES PROVIDING FACILITIES ON THE ROUTE (1.E. CAMBODIA, VIETNAM AND UK (HONG KONG). (IT WAS IN ANY CASE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE NEGOTIATING PARTY SMALL). HE RECEIVED NO FURTHER REPRESENT-
ATIONS FROM CHINESE.
NEITHER THEN NOR AT ANY OTHER TIME PRIOR TO JULY 1979 WERE
DANGER AREAS REFERRED TO BY THE CHINESE. NEITHER BY NOTAM NOR
BY ANY OTHER MEANS OF WHICH ICAO HAS KNOWLEDGE HAD THE INTER-
NATIONAL COMMUNITY BEEN MADE AWARE OF THEIR 'MANY YEARS''
EXISTENCE.
CHINESE BECAME MEMBERS OF ICAO IN 1974.
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