TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 132

Registry No.

ECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret,

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

RIVACY MARKING

DRAFT

To:-

Type 1 +

From

Telephone No. Ext.

DSR 11

In Confidence

CHINESE FORMULA OF 27 MARCH

Draft Public Statement

Department

THIS IS A COPY THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN

CLOSED UNTIL

UNDER FOI EXEMPTION NO 27.9, .ed...

1. "The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have handled the

matter of regular air traffice 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 The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an Agreement between the two states, while the airlink between Hong Kong and Taiwan is operated under non-governmental arrangements.