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TELEGRAM NUMBER 694 OF 16 NOVEMBER
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INFO UKREP ICAO MONTREAL, HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) BANGKOK, PARIS, BONN, ROME, WASHINGTON.
YOUR TELNO 992: CAAC NOTAM 19/AMBER ONE AIRWAY
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1. YES, PLEASE ACT IN CONCERT WITH YOUR FRENCH AND GERMAN COLLEAGUES,
KEEPING IN MIND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 633. 2. WE SUGGEST THAT IN LINE WITH THE FRENCH, YOU TOO SHOULD NOT LODGE ANYTHING IN WRITING WITH CAAC: YOUR AIM SHOULD BE TO LEND
A UK VOICE TO THE REPRESENTATIONS WHICH WE SUGGEST, SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS YOUR COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE, MIGHT CONVENIENTLY BE ROUNDED OFF WITH AN EXPRESSION OF HOPE THAT THE PROPOSED MEETING
BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND PRESIDENT, ICAO WILL PRODUCE A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM (PARA 1 OF UKREP ICAO MONTREAL TELNO 20).
3. DOT HAVE ESTIMATED THAT EXTRA FUEL USAGE BY ALL CARRIERS
(INCLUDING AN ALLOWANCE FOR NON-SCHEDULED OPERATORS) NOW NEEDING
TO DIVERT SERVICES FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF NOTAM 19 WOULD AMOUNT
TO SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION OF 10 MILLION GALLONS PER ANNUM. IT
IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LAY GREAT STORE ON THE ACCURACY OF THIS FIGURE, BUT YOU MIGHT THINK IT WORTH MAKING A PASSING REFERENCE TO IT IN
THE REPRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE TO CAAC: YOU COULD MAKE THE POINT
THAT THIS EXTRA USAGE IS UNWELCOME AT A TIME OF INCREASING WORLD
SHORTAGE OF AVAILABILITY OF AVIATION FUEL.
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