TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 33

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ISTRY Marion Take

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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1695 OF 3 DECEMBER, 1979

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON AND SINGAPORE.

YOUR TELNO 997: UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES.

1. THE PROPOSED DATES FOR TLAKS ARE MOST INCONVENIENT FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW.

2. KEEP CANNOT ARRIVE IN LONDON BEFOR 15 DECEMBER BECAUSE HE WILL

BE IN BANGKOK FOR A REGIONAL DCA'S CONFERENCE FOR THE WHOLE OF THRE PRECEDING WEEK AND WE CANNOT SPARE A FURTHER REPRESENTATIVE

FROM C.A.D.

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3. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF KEEP'S VISIT TO LONDON IS TO ATTEND ALL THE SITTINGS OF THE CAA HEARING AND HE WILL HAVE TO BRING HIMSELF

FULLY UP-TO-DATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER ARRIVAL AND BEFORE ITS RESUMPTION ON 19 DECEMBER: FOR EXAMPLE HE MUST MEET WITH SCOTT, HKG COUNSEL FOR THE CAA HEARING, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE 18 DECEMBER IF THE MEETING ON HK/GULF AND POSSIBLY HK/SRI LANKA AIR SERVICES WITH DOT IS HELD ON 17 DECEMBER (FOR WHICH ARRANGEMENT WE ARE GRATEFUL).

4. IF SINGAPORE TALKS SHOULD START ON 18 DECEMBER AND KEEP REPRESENTED HKG, THEN HE WOULD HAVE NO TIME TO ATTEND TO ANY OF THESE OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS (INCLUDING THE ESSENTIAL MEETING WITH SCOTT UNLESS THE LATTER, IMPROBABLY, COULD SEE HIM ON 16 DECEMBER), BEFORE THE CAA HEARING RESUMES.

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