TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 63

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Sele was

FM F C O 071535Z NOV 79

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

HKUL 184/1

493

ALEVAD IN KONTEY ND. $1 -9 NOV 1978,

197ZA

TELEGRAM NUMBER 918 OF 7 NOVEMBER·

AND TO PRIORITY JAKARTA.

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BCARFE TELS NOS ALLOT 79, 80 AND 81 AND JAKARTA TEL NO 396! UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.

1. FOR BCARFE. WE ARE CONTENT THAT YOU SHOULD SIGN THE CMU AND SI DELETTER AS SUBMITTED BY THE INDONESIANS, PECULIAR THOUGH THE WORDING IS IN THE THIRD UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIDELETTER (SECOND TUR).

2. PLEASE LET US KNOW IMMEDIATELY IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER HITCHES.

3. FOR JAKARTA. SINCE WE NOW HAVE AN AGREED CMU AND SIDELETTER REFLECTING THE OUTCOME OF NEGOTIATIONS AT OFFICIAL LEVEL, WE

WOULD PREFER TO SEE THE FORMALITY OF SIGNING COMPLETED AT THAT LEVEL BETWEEN BCARFE AND RISAKOTTA (SEE PARA 1 ABOVE) RATHER THAN ELEVATE MATTERS TO MINISTERIAL LEVEL AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 4 OF YOUR

TUR. UK MINISTERS WILL BE BRIEFED TO WELCOME THE ARRANGEMENTS

PROVIDING FOR THE RESUMPTION OF SCHEDULED AIR SERVICES BETWEEN

LONDON AND JAKARTA AND WE ENVISAGE GIVING SUITABLE PUBLICITY TO

THIS ASPECT OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS IN A COMMUNIQUE COVERING THE

STATE VISIT.

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MAED H K OG D SEAD MISS BROWN MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY

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