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TELEGRAM NUMBER 461 OF 21 MAY 79
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BACARFE)
YOUR TELNO 283: AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. FIRST SECRETARY CALLED ON JIANG ENZHU OF WESTERN
EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT MFA ON 18 MAY TO SPEAK AS IN YOUR
TUR AND TO HAND OVER A CONFIRMATORY DRAFT TEX OF THE
PUBLIC STATEMENT AS IN FCO TELNO 284 AMENDED BY PARA 1
OF SAMUEL'S TELELETTER TO ME OF 4 APRIL 1979 AND OF THE PRIVATE ASSURANCES AS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPH 2(A) AND (B)
OF FCO TELNO 233.
2. JIANG SAID HE WOULD SUBMIT THE TEXTS TO HIS SUPERIORS
FOR EVENTUAL CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WERE ACCEPTABLE, BUT.
QUERIED TWO POINTS. THE TEXT MENTIONED AIR SERVICES
AGREEMENT', WHILST THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WE HAD PRESENTED TO CAAC REFERRED TO AN AGREEMENT RELATING TO CIVIL
AIR TRANSPORT' SHOULD THE SAME EXPRESSION NOT BE USED? HE ALSO WONDERED WHETHER WE COULD NOT REPLACE 'NATIONAL INSIGNIA' IN PRIVATE ASSURANCE (A) BY A NATIONAL FLAG'.
3. SULLIVAN SAID THAT THESE WERE BOTH QUESTIONS OF STYLE,
THE NEATER AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT' WAS QUITE UNAMBIGUOUS.
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT MR SONG ZHIGUANG ALREADY HAS AGREED WITH
US THAT INSIGNIA' WAS AN APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION OF
MARKINGS ON THE SIDE OF A PLANE, WHICH COULD NOT STRICTLY
SPEAKING BE DESCRIBED AS FLAGS. HE HOPED WE COULD BE
INFORMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF THE CHINESE CONSIDERED
THE TEXTS UNSATISFACTORY.
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