TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 77

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1 MAY 1979

FM PEKING 39781AZ APR 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 394 OF 30 APRIL 79

INPLA

по

181.5

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFEL

DESKBY 301203Z

See

YOUR TEL NOS 228 AND 232: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

1. CAAC HAVE TODAY TELEPHONED TO GIVE THEIR "FORMAL RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST THAT A TEAM ARRIVE ON 17 MAY TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON 18 MAY, THIS IS THAT BEFORE AGREEING TO THIS SUGGESTION, THEY WISH TO SEE DETAILS OF OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INITIALLED DRAFT. QUERIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY INFORMED DRAPER'S DELEGATION THAT THE TEAM WOULD BE WELCOME, CAAC REPLIED THAT THIS WAS NEVERTHELESS DEPENDENT ON THEIR PREVIEW OF OUR PROPOSALS.

2. THE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS REFERRED TO IN YOUR FIRST TUR DID NOT ARRIVE BY THE BAG WHICH LEFT LONDON ON 27 APRIL. IN VIEW OF THE SHORTNESS OF TIME, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT AMENDMENTS BE SENT BY TELELETTER, PERHAPS NOW INCORP- ORATING OUR PROPOSED OPTIMUM ALTERATIONS TO THE ANNEX, SINCE DRAPER HAS ALREADY CONVEYED THE SUBSTANCE OF THESE TO THE CHINESE, IF WE CAN GET DETAILS TO THE CHINESE BY FRIDAY 4 MAY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESS FOR AGREEMENT THAT THE TEAM SHOULD COME BEFORE THEIR SCHEDULED DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG AT THE END OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

GEORGE

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HK& GD (6) MK BUTLER MR CORTAZZI MISS BROWN MR MURRAY

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