TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 62

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FM BCARFE HONG KONG 080955Z NOV 79

TO IMMEDIATE D O T

TELEGRAM NUMBER ALLOT 83 OF 8 NOVEMBER

AND TO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA

Aku 184/1.

RELIVED

9 NOV 1979

VA

FOR BRYANT FROM WILSON.

493 FCO TELNO 918 TO HONG KONG.

1. I SHARE YOUR VIEW THAT THE CMU AND SIDE-LETTER SHOULD BE SIGNED AT AERONAUTICAL LEVEL: BUT I BELIEVE THE SUGGESTION IN PARA 4 OF JAKARTA TELNO 396 TO LONDON ENVISAGED THAT THE DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGE OF NOTES AMENDING THE ROUTE SCHEDULE OF THE 1973 ASA (PARA 6 OF THE DRAFT CMU REFERS) MIGHT BE EFFECTED DURING PRESIDENT SUHARTO'S VISIT TO LONDON.

2. FROM THE PURELY CIVIL AVIATION POINT OF VIEW THERE IS MUCH TO BE SAID FOR GETTING BA'S TRUNK ROUTE ENTITLEMENT QUICKLY EMBODIED IN THE ASA FROM WHICH IT WOULD LESS EASILY THAN FROM A CMU BE REMOVED AS A RESULT OF POSSIBLE INDONESIA AFTERTHOUGHTS.

MACLEHOSE

ALLOT DIST:

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