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FM PERING 27083′′Z MAR 79 EXEMPTION NO 27.a ed 2 8 MAR 1979
TO PREDIATE FCO
TELNO 337 OF 27 MAR
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY TELMO 318: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
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ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER SONG SAW ME TODAY TO GIVE THE CHINESE
REPLY TO THE FORMULA SET OUT IN YOUR TELNOS 203 AND 274.
2. PREFACING HIS REMARKS BY SAYING THAT AFTER CONSIDERATION THE
CHINESE COVERNMENT BASICALLY AGREED WITH OUR FORMULA, SONG SAID
THAT THEY ACCEPTED THE SHORTER FORM OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENT IN YOUR
TELNO 204 SUBJECT TO THE REPLACEMENT OF "CHINA'' BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA''. (1 ACCORDINGLY RESERVED YOUR RIGHT
*
TO REPLACE THE UNITED KINGDOM' BY THE 'UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND''.)
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4.
ON CONDITION (C) IN MY TEL:0 225 4BOUT THE COINCIDENCE OF FLIGHTS AT XAI TAK, SONG SAID THAT THE CHINESE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES, BUT ASKED THE UNITED VIHODOM TO
PAY ATTENTION TO THE PROSLEN ATD TO DO ITS BEST TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT OF CAAC AND CHINA AIRLIES (TAIWAN) DID NOT COINCIDE,
THE CHIMENE DO NOT, APPARENTLY, EXPECT THAT THIS SEST ENDEAVOURS
TXPRESSION SHOULD FORH PART OF THE WRITTEN EXCHANGE.
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