TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 143

GR 90

CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 170100Z

FM FCO 16133OZ MAR 79

CONFIDENTIAL

Hkk 184/2

R. AVAS

INDEX

19 MAR 1979

23

GA

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 204 OF 16 MARCH

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

22 MPT AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

1. PROPOSED STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINS

M

221.3

See do

116

QUOTE 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 AMBASS-

ADORS. THE AVIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WHILE THE AIR LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IS OPERATED UNDER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

UNQUOTE

ENDS

OWEN

[COPIES SENT TO CAIR/DOT]

FILES

FED

MAED

HK & GD

P3

PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

PS/PUS

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

MR BUTLER

MR MURRAY MR BROWN

CONFIDENTIAL