TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 67

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FM BCARFE HONG KONG 050752Z NOV 79

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TO IMMEDIATE DO T

TEL NO. ALLOT 80 OF 5 NOVEMBER,

AND TO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA..

FOR BRYANT FROM WILSON.

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DRAFT SIDE LETTERS OFFERED BY INDONESIANS FOR SIGNATURE

ON 2 NOVEMBER READ AS FOLLOWS:

DR MR RISAKOTTA,

I AM WRITING TO SEEK YOUR CONFIRMATION OF THREE UNDERSTANDINGS WHICH WE REACHED TODAY IN RESPECT OF THE U.K/INDONESIAN CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OF 30 OCTOBER 1979. FIRST, WITH RESPECT TO PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE C.M.U., THE REFERENCE TO ANY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT'' WOULD BE INTERPRETED TO EXCLUDE SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT. SECONDLY, WITH RESPECT TO PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE C.M.U., I EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT IT WAS NOW DECLARED BRITISH POLICY THAT ANY NEW AIRLINE OPERATING TO LONDON WOULD, BY REASON OF THE CONGESTION AT HEATHROW, HAVE TO OPERATE TO GATWICK SEMI-CLN AND YOU TOLD ME THAT, PROVIDED THERE WAS NO DISCRIMINATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT POLICY, YOU WOULD BE CONTENT THAT ANY GARUDA SERVICES WOULD OPERATE TO

GATWICK.

THIRDLY, WITH RESPECT TO PARAGRAPHS 8 AND 9 OF THE CMU, THE IDENTIFICATION B747'' AND 'DC10'' WOULD BE INTERPRETED AS

''B747 OR L1011''.

I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT THE INDONESIAN AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES CONCUR IN THE ABOVE INTERPRETATIONS.

YOURS SINCERELY.

(G. MCD WILSON).

ENDS

MACLE HOSE

ALLOT DISTN

MAED HKOG D SEAD

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