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DESKBY 311499Z
FM PEKING 3109777 MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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KELEIVED IN MISIRY HO. SI
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1 JUN 1979
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TELNO 514 OF 31 MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 417: UK/PRC AİR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS
1. AT TODAY'S YEETING ROGERS LET LU DRAW OUT OF HIM THE GIST OF
INSTRUCTIONS IN TUR. LU MADE NO ATTEMPT TO BACKTRACK FROM THE
PREVIOUS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE SHOULD BE A REVIEW A YEAR OR SO AFTER OPERATIONS STARTED ON THE TRUNK ROUTE (SEMI COLON) BUT
HE WAS CLEARLY PISMAYED AT OUR PRESSURE FOR AN EQUAL BALANCE IN
THE NUMBER OF POINTS ON THE REGIONAL ROUTES AND FOR THE GRANT OF FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS TO BRITISH AIRWAYS BETWEEN HONG KONG ANDSPEKING.
2. MOST OF THE DISCUSSION CENTRED ROUND THE LATTER. LU WAS NOT
ABLE TO GIVE ANY CONVINCING REASON WHY THE CHINESE SHOULD NOT GIVE
US FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS ON THIS SECTOR BUT IT APPEARED THAT
(A) LU IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS WILL SERVE AS A
PRECEDENT FOR THE RIGHTS TO BE GIVEN TO A HONG KONG BASED OPERATOR WHEN BA WITHDRAW (SEM: COLON) AND
(B) SINCE CAAC ALREADY CARRY THE TRAFFIC BETWEEN CANTON AND
PEKING HE SEES NO REASON WHY THEY SHOULD LOSE BY ALLOWING
A BRITISH OPERATOR TO CARRY IT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND PEKING
DIRECT.
3.
ROGERS TENTATIVELY FLOATED SOME IDEAS FOR A COMMERCIAL
ARRANGEMENT WHICH WOULD GO SOME WAY AT LEAST TOWARDS MEETING THE CHINESE POINT OF VIEW ON (B) ABOVE.
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