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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.

(17) MIPT:

AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF CHIESE DRAFT:

BEGINS.

**CHINA AND BRITAIN 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 RAIS-

ING THE LEVEL OF THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO THAT OF AMBASSADORS.

THE AVIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN IS

AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WHILE THE AIR LINY BETWEEN

HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IS NON-GOVERNMENTAL AND REGIONAL TRAFFIC,

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RECOGNISE THE FLAG MARK ON

TAIWAN PLANES AS A NATIONAL FLAG''.' 7

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