TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 126

Regist No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret,

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

...... In Confidence

DRAFT

To:-

کو

confidential

UK PROPOSAL OF 19 MARCH

DRAFT PUBLIC STATEMENT

Type 1 +

From

Telephone No. Ext.

Department

DSR 11

1.

"China and the United Kingdom have handled

the matter of regular air traffic between the two countries in accordance with the principles laid down in the 1972 Agreement between them on raising the level

of their diplomatic relations to that of Ambassadors. The Aviation Agreement between China and the United Kingdom is an Agreement between the two states, while the airlink between Hong Kong and Taiwan is operated under non-governmental arrangements."

THIS IS A COPY THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN

CLOSED UNTIL

UNDER FOI

EXEMPTION No 27. a, c.ed...