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COLOMBO OR BOMBAY OR KARACHI-ABU DHABI OR JEDDA - 2 POINTS ON THE

CONTINENT OF EUROPE LONDON. I EXPLAINED PRIVATELY TO RISAKOTTA

WHY ANY INDONESIAN SERVICES TO LONDON WOULD HAVE TO OPERATE

TO GATWICK AND IN THE FINAL OP EN PLENARY HE ACCEPTED THIS REQUIRE-

MENT PROVIDED THE UK POLICY WAS APPLIED WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION.

SINCE BA WOULD OPERATE ITS JAKARTA SERVICE FROM HEATHROW, WE DEEMED IT PURDENT NOT TO PRESS FOR FULL CLARAFICATION OF HIS

PROVISO BUT RESTED ON HIS USE OF THE EXAMPLE THAT INDONESIA WOULD

FEEL ENTITLED TO RECONSIDERATION OF THE PROBLEM IF THE CHINESE

WERE GIVEN ACCESS TO HEATHROW (SEE PARA 8 BELOW).

5. WE OBTAINED CLEARANCE FOR 7 WEEKLY CPA BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT (WITHOUT CAPACITY LIMITATION) ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG-SINGAPORE- JAKARTA (WITH OPTION TO OMIT SINGAPORE). BECAUSE THE INDONESIANS WERE ADAMANT UNDER MINISTERIAL INSTRUCTION NOT TO RELAX THE 50- SEAT LIMITATION ON THE SINGAPORE/JAKARTA SECOTR, WE RETAINED THE RIGHT FOR CPA TO OPERATE 3 WEEKLY BOEING 7075 (OR TRISTARS AT BOEING 707 CAPACITY) ON THE ROUTE HONG KONG-KUALA LUMPUR- JAK ART A-PERTH. THESE LATTER RIGHTS ARE IN PRACTICE BECOMING

WORTHLESS BUT WE WOULD HAVE GAINED NOTHING BY SURRENDERING THEM

NOW.

6.

GARUDA SIMPLY RETAINED ITS PRESENT ENTITLEMENTS TO OPERATE 7 DC10S JAKARTA-HONG KONG AND 3 DC8S (OR DC10S AT DC8 CAPACITY) ON THE ROUTE DENPASAR-HONG KONG- TOKYO.

GARUDA DO NOT CURRENTLY OPERATE THOSE LAST 3 SERVICES AND WE

WERE TOLD THAT UNDER INDONESIA-JAPANESE ARRANGEMENTS GARUDA

CAN IN ANY CASE ONLY EXERCISE TWICE WEEKLY RIGHTS HONG KONG-

TOKYO BECAUSE JAL CAN ONLY EXERCISE TWICE WEEKLY RIGHTS HONG KONG/JAKARTA. THE INDONESIANS DID MAKE TENTATIVE ENQUIRIES ABOUT RIGHTS BEYOND HONG KONG TO AMERICA BUT DROPPED THE QUESTION

WHEN WE ENQUIRED ABOUT POSSIBLE RECIPROCAL CONCESSIONS.

7. IN RESPONSE TO OUR ENQUIRIES, THE INDONESIANS ASKED THAT

NO IMMEDIATE PUBLICITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THIS DEAL, ALMOST CERTAINLY BEACUSE THEY THINK IT MIGHT USEFULLY BE HELF IN RESERVE

IN THE CONTEXT OF PRESIDENT SUHARTO'S VISIT TO LONDON.

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