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FIDENTIAL
FM PEKING 240833Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 406 OF 4 MAY 79
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
HKK 184/20
Ŏ PLAY 1979
no
25.5
(14)
YOUR TELNO 249 TO HONG KONG: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES
| HAVING SEEN NO RESPONSE TO HONG KONG TELNO 498, ON
RECEIPT OF THEIR TELNO 511 WE DID IN FACT PASS MILES' NAME
TO THE CHINESE WITH THE LIST IN YOUR TELNO 237 ON 3 MAY. CAAC'S RESPONSE WAS THAT THIS DELEGATION WOULD BE WELCOME,
BUT THAT THEY STILL HOPED TO RECEIVE DETAILS OF OUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
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2. IF THE CHINESE DO STILL COME UP WITH AN OBJECTION TO CPA PARTICIPATION, WE WOULD NOT WISH TO PRESS FOR THEIR
INCLUSION.
ONE MIGHT ARGUE, HOWEVER, THAT IF REGIONAL ROUTES ARE TO BE DISCUSSED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS, THE REMAINING INTERESTED BRITISH AIRLINE SHOULD BE REPRESENTED IN ADDITION TO BRITISH AIRWAYS (WITH WHOM JARDINES HAVE CONNECTIONS, AND WHOSE REPRESENTATIVES WERE PRESENT DURING DRAPERS'S TALKS WITH CAAC AND CTS)
3. OUR POSITION ON REGIONAL ROUTES REMAINS AS IN
OUR TELNO 362 OF 5 APRIL: IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THE LINE WHICH YOU PROPOSE TO TAKE ON THIS AND THE OTHER ISSUES
DISCUSSED THERE.
4. GRATEFUL FOR AMENDED TEXT TO PASS ON TO CAAC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE WOULD WISH TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY THAT CAAC MIGHT CLAIM TIME FOR STUDY WAS TOO SHORT FOR TALKS ON
DATES PROPOSED
CRADOCK
FILES
MAED
[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]
MR CORTAZZI
COPIES TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT,
LONDON
FED
HK & GD
MR MURRAY
MISS BROWN
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