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THE REGIONAL TOUTES AND HAD TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO INAUGURATE SERVICES, THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION OF OUR SUBSEQUENTLY PUTTING THINGS INTO REVERSE (EXCEPT PERHAPS BY THE SUBSITITUTION OF A SUBSIDIARY FOR THE MAIN AIRLINE IF THE AIRLINE IN QUESTION WERE SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN AUTHORITY TO OPERATE BETWEEN LONDON AND HONG KONG.) LU DID NOT RESPOND TO THIS AND WE REGARD HIS FORMAL RE- STATEMENT OF THE CHINESE FOSTION AS MERELY A FACE-SAVER.
5.
AS REGARDS THE HEATHROW/GATWICK PROBLEM LU ACCEPTED THE SOLUTION IN THE THIRD SENTENCE OF OUR TELNO,659: BUT HE WAS UNWILLING TO INSERT A PARTICULAR DATE. TEXT OF SIDE LETTER RECORDING THE AGREEMENT ON THIS POINT IS IN MIFT.
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DOCUMENTS ARE BEING FORMALLY SIGNED OR INITIALLED
AS APPROPRIATE AT 1530 LOCAL TIME.
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7. PRESS NOTICE AS IN LATEST VERSION REFERRED TO IN PARA 9 OF TUR IS BEING ISSUED AT 1633 LOCAL TIME AND ROGERS HAS AGREED TO GIVE A SHORT PRESS BRIEFING AT THE AIRPORT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR
TO DEPARTURE AT 1725.
GEORGE
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MR CORTAZZI
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