TNAG-0867-FCO40-1077-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 95

CR 75

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 240446Z APR 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.481 OF 24 APRIL,

INFO PRIORITY: PEKING,

ROUTINE : HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.

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50

YOUR TELNO.229: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT,

33

HKE 184/2

2 5 APR 1979

30. 31.

No

WE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFIED KEEP AS A MEMBER OF U.K DELEGATION AND WE ARE UNCLEAR AS TO THE REASONS FOR THIS.

SINCE

THE TALKS ARE TO BE TECHNICAL, IT SEEMS TO US THAT THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD BE THE NORMAL ONE, THAT IS, NORMAN LATHAM, UNLESS THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR ELEVATING THE REPRESENTATION.

MACLEHOSE

FILE S

MAED

FED

HK & GD

MR MURRAY

MISS BROWN

[ ALSO SENT BY BAG TO PEKING] [COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]

COPIES TO

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE

LONDON