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THE END OF LAST YEAR).
IN ABSENCE OF ANY ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM IN
HONG KONG THE PUBLIC WOULD FIND IT HARD TO DISTINGUISH THESE FROM SCHEDULED SERVICES EVEN IF DOT WERE TO REFUSE TO RENEW CAAC'S PERMIT AS HONG KONG SUGGEST.
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PARA 11A. WE ASSUME DOT ARE CONSULTING BA ON THIS. HOWEVER, AS SEEN FROM HERE THE TWO YEAR PERIOD SUGGESTED IS NOT REALISTIC.
LATEST NEWS IS THAT THE CHINESE HAVE DECIDED TO SET IN HAND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF ONLY SIX HOTELS FOR FOREIGNERS IN THE WHOLE OF CHINA (OF WHICH TWO IN PEKING),' COMMENCING TOWARDS THE END OF
THIS YEAR AND READY FOR OCCUPATION AFTER TWO YEARS. THE SHARE OF THIS ADDITIONAL HOTEL CAPACITY AVAILABLE FOR BRITISH TOURISTS AND
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BUSINESSMEN (AND FOR OTHERS WHO PREFER TO TRAVEL VIA LONDON) WOULD NOT GENERATE ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO MAKE DIRECT SERVICES VIABLE DURING THAT TIME SPAN. THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE FUTURE RATE OF HOTEL BUILDING TO SET ANY REALISTIC TIME LIMĪT AT PRESENT.
8. PARA 11B. ROGERS HAS ALREADY SECURED CONFIRMATION FROM LU
THAT WHEN A HONG KONG BASED CARRIER STARTS TO OPERATE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND PEKING IT WILL HAVE FULL TRAFFIC RIGHTS. 1 VIEW OF THEIR EXTREME TENDERNESS ABOUT THE HONG KONG PEKING SECTOR, WE THINK IT UNLIKELY THAT THE CHINESE WOULD GIVE AN UNDERTAKING
AT THIS STAGE THAT THE CAPACITY BALANCE ON HONG KONG PEKING
WOULD BE NO MORE FAVOURABLE TO THEM THAN ON THE HONG KONG SHANGHAI ROUTE. HOWEVER, WE SEE NO HARM IN TRYING FOR THIS IF YOU WISH.
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PARA 11C. THIS PLOY HAS ALREADY BEEN TRIED BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS.
ROGERS OFFERED LU TRAFFIC RIGHTS BETWEEN PARIS AND
LONDON AS PART OF A PACKAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN US BETTER RIGHTS
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