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FM PEKING 2207872 OCT 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 933 OF 22 OCTHHER 79

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23 OCT 1979

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MY 2 IPTS: TEXT OF STATEMENT:

"THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE HANDLED THE MATTER OF REGULAR AIR TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES LAID DOWN IN THE 1972 AGREEMENT BETWEEN THM ON RAISING THE LEVEL OF THEIR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO THAT OF AMBASSADORS. THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IS AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO STATES, WHILE THE AIR LINK BETWEEN HONG KONG AND TAIWAN IS OPERATED UNDER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS''.

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SIL A DUFF NG CORTALLI

PER MURLAY MISS Brown

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