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4.
IN DISCUSSION LU STRESSED THE UNCERTAINTIES OF TRAFFIC DEMAND
AND INDICATED THAT IF THE TRAFFIC TURNED CUT TO BE NEARER OUR
FORECAST THAN HIS OWN IT WOULD BE OPEN TO US TO GO BACK TO THE, CHINESE AT ANY TIME AND SEEK A REMOVAL OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON
BA'S CARRIAGE. ROGERS FOLLOWED THIS UP BY SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE SCHEME UNDER WHICH AS THE TRAFFIC LEVELS ROSE, THE RESTRICTIONS ON BA WOULD BE REDUCED. THEY MIGHT START OFF WITH OWN STOPOVER SEMICOLON THEN AT A CERTAIN. TRAFFIC LEVEL RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL STOPOVER RIGHTS SEMICOLON AND AT A THIRD LEVEL ENJOY FULL RIGHTS. LU MUCH PREFERRED TO LEAVE THE WHOLE QUESTION OPEN
SEMICOLON BUT EVENTUALLY AGREED TO CONSIDER A SCHEME ON THESE
LINE'S OVERNIGHT.
5. ROGER'S SUGGESTED AS AN ALTERNATIVE AN ARRANGEMENT UNDER
WHICH SO LONG AS BARS CARRIAGE WAS RESTRICTED THERE SHOULD BE LIMITATIONS ON CAAC. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO WORK
TOWARDS THE REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS RATHER THAN THEIR IMPOSITION
SEMICOLON BUT IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT RESTRICTIONS ON BA'S CARRIAGE
IT WOULD BE ONLY REASONABLE TO PLACE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON THAT OF CAAC, IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS ALSO SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
OVERNIGHT.
6.
TUNITY
ROGERS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK LU ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR VISAS FOR CAAC AIR CREWS QUOTE OPERATING THE INTERNATIONAL ROUTE BETWEEN SHANGHAI AND HONG KONG UNQUOTE (MY TELNO IMMA 219 TO HONG KONG). LU EXPRESSED SURPRISE AND SAID THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME MISTAKE SEMICOLON BUT HE UNDERTOOK TO CHECK THE APPLICATION AND LET ROGERS HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION TOMORROW.
7.
COMMENT. IF LU IS TO BE BELIEVED ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE SORT OF DEAL HE HAS IN MIND COULD BE REOPENED AT ANYTIME. IT APPEARS IMPOSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO OBTAIN AN EQUALITY IN THE - NUMBER OF REGIONAL ROUTES ALTHOUGH LU IS NOW PREPARED TO CONCEDE
THE ONLY TWO WHICH REALLY MATTER IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT MAY WELL
BE A NOMINAL IMBALANCE IN CHINA'S FAVOUR.
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