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TELEGRAM NUMBER 933 OF 9 NOVEMBER
YOUR TELNO NO. 1581: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: AIR SERVICE'S BETWEEN LONDON HONG KONG AND CHINA
1. THE D.O.T. HAVE ACCEPTED YOUR SUGGESTED ALTERATIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INCLUSION OF THE WORD QUOTE SCHEDULED UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE SERVICES UNQUOTE IN THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT INCLUDES IN PART 11 OF THE ANNEX PROVISIONS FOR NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES AND IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED TO BE MORE STRICTLY ACCURATE TO SAY THAT QUOTE SERVICES UNQUOTE ARE THE JOINT CONCERN OF HMG AND THE GOVER- NMENT OF THE PRC. AS THE REST OF THE ANSWER INDICATES, THIS IS IN NO WAY INTENDED TO DEROGATE FROM DCA HONG KONG'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUTHORISATION OF NON-SCHEDULED SERVICES
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LEGAL ADVISERS MR CORTAZZI MISS BROWN MR MURRA
MURRAY
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