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FM JAKARTA 010645Z NOV

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 393 OF 1 NOVEMBER

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INFO IMMEDIATE DOT (FOR BRYANT) AND HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND

BCARFE).

UK/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.

1.

DESPITE COMPLICATIONS REPORTED IN EARLIER TELEGRAMS INDONESIA'S CONDUCT OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS WAS EFFECTIVELY MANAGED BY RISAKOTTA: AND A CMU TEXT WAS AGREED LATE ON 30 OCTOBER FOR SIGNATURE BY MYSELF AND RISAKOTTA ON 2 NOVEMBER.

2. MAIN UK OBJECTIVES WERE TO OBTAIN A LONG TERM SETTLEMENT: TO OBTAIN A BA ROUTE TO JAKARTA: TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE FOR CP A BOEING 747S ON THE HONG KONG-SINGAPORE-JAKARTA ROUTE: AND TO OBTAIN SOME RELEAXATION OF THE RESTRICTION WHEREBY CPA CAN ONLY CARRY 50 PASSENGERS PER FLIGHT BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND JAKARTA.

3. THE NEW CMU IS OF INDEFINITE DURATION BUT PROVIDES SPECIFICALLY (WHICH THE AS A DOES NOT) FOR CONSULTATIONS AT 60 DAYS NOTICE.

4. WE OBTAINED AN EXCHANGE OF TRAFFIC RIGHTS (TO BE CONFIRMED BY DIPLOMATIC NOTES) BETWEEN LONDON AND JAKARTA OPERABLE BY EITHER PARTY FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1980 WITH ANY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT (SEE PARA. 8 BELOW). HOWEVER, SINCE GARUDA WAS UNABLE YET TO IDENTIFY ITS INTERMEDIATE FIFTH FREEDOM REQUIREMENTS, THE INDONESIANS LIMITED THE EXCHANGE OT THIRD/FOURTH FREEDOM RIGHTS ONLY BUT INDICATED A CLEAR DESIRE FOR FURTHER CONSULTATIONS WITHIN SIX OR TWELVE MONTHS DURING WHICH TO NEGOTIATE FIFTH FREEDOM EXCHANGES. THE BA ROUTE IS LONDON- A POINT IN EUROPE- A POINT IN THE MIDDLE EAST (INCLUDING THE GULF)- A POINT IN THE INDIAN SUB CONTINENT- COLOMBO-BANGKOK-KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE-JAKARTA: AND THE GARUDA ROUTE IS JAKARTA-SINGAPORE OR KUALA LUMPUR OR BANGKOK-

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