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FM HONG KONG 090899Z APR 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.447 OF 9 APRIL,
INFO IMMEDIATE: PEKING,
ROUTINE # HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR SAVING TELNO.20 OF 21 MARCH :
AIR SERVICES TO CHINA.
INDUS
No
See (44
2841
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1. THE LOCALLY BASED, CHINA-CONTROLLED, CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION (CNAC) HAVE APPLIED TO DCA ON BEHALF OF CAAC TO OPERATE ONCE-WEEKLY INCLUSIVE TOUR CHARTER FLIGHTS HONG KONG-HANGZHOU- NANJING-HONG KONG FROM 2 JUNE TO 29 DECEMBER 1979, USING TRIDENT AIRCRAFT, WHILST IN CHINA, THE TOUR GROUPS WILL TRAVEL FROM HANGZHOU TO SHANGHAI AND THENCE TO NANJING BY RAIL.
2. WHEN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, LATHAM, WAS INVITED TO VISIT CANTON FOR TALKS IN NOVEMBER 1978, WE PROPOSED THAT THE LINE HE SHOULD TAKE IN RESPONSE TO A CHINESE REQUEST FOR FURTHER CHARTER FLIGHTS SHOULD BE THAT WE WERE PREPARED TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO FURTHER PROPOSALS FOR SUCH FLIGHTS WHICH FELL WITHIN THE EXISTING PUBLISHED CONDITIONS, AND FOR WHICH DCA HAS AUTHORITY TO GIVE APPROVAL, E.G INCLUSIVE TOUR CHARTERS AND ADVANCE BOOKING CHARTERS (OUR TELNO.1307 OF 1978). YOU GAVE GENERAL APPROVAL OF THE FORMULA (YOUR TELNO.861 OF 1978).
3. WHEN DURING THE NOVEMBER TALKS THE CAAC SIDE PUT A MARKER
DOWN THAT THEY HAD IT IN MIND TO OPERATE ITC FLIGHTS TO GUILIN
(XWEILIN), HANGZHOU, ETC, STARTING IN SPRING 1979, AND THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN COMPLYING WITH THE ITC CONDITIONS
SET OUT IN THE HONG KONG AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION PUBLICATION, LATHAM FOLLOWED HIS BRIEF BY REPLYING THAT HE COULD SEE NO
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