TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 33

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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO 0317442 MAY 79

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

1LLEGRAM NUMBER 242 OF 5 MAY

INFO HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND CARFE)

MIPT: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

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1. FOLLOWING ARE AMENDMENTS TO 1973 TEXT OF AGREEMENT:-

2. PREAMBLE REPLACE 73 TEXT WITH FOLLOWING:

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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPULLIC OF CHINA:

WISHING TO FACILITATE FRIENDLY CONTACTS ELTWEEN

THE PEUPLES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA:

DEING PARTIES 10 THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL

AVIATION OPENED FOR SIGNATURE AT CHICAGO ON THE

SEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1944,

DESIRING TO CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT, SUPPLEMENTARY

TO THE SAID CONVENTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING

NJTUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN RESPECT

OF AIR TRANSPORTATION AND ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING SCHEDULED

AIR SERVICES FETWEEN AND LEYOND THEIR RESPECTIVE

TERRITORIES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF

MOTURL, RASPECT FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY,

RON-INTERFERENCE IN EACH OTHERS' INTERNAL AFFAIRS,

LQUALITY AND MUTUAL DENEFIT AS WELL AS FRIENDLY COOPERATION:

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