TNAG-0869-FCO40-1079-Air-services-between-China--Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 37

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FM HONG KONG 110747Z OCT 79

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1419 OF 11 OCTOBER

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

MY TELNO 1370: PRC/HONG KONG AIR SERVICES.

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1. THE AG. DCA (J T THORPE) AND HIS WIFE HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION FROM THE CNAC (AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO ACCEPT) TO VISIT GUANGZHOU FROM 17 TO 19 OCTOBER FOR THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF FLIGHTS BETWEEN GUANGZHOU AND HONG KONG.

2. THE QUESTION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE CAAC PERMIT (PARA 3 OF TUR) WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE BROACHED AGAIN WITH THE

AG. DCA, IF NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THEN. PRESUMABLY, HE SHOULD SIMPLY REPEAT THAT THIS IS A MATTER FOR THE UK, BUT ANY FURTHER GUIDANCE YOU MIGHT WISH TO GIVE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

MACLEHOSE

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HK & AD FED

MISE BROWN MR MURRAY MR EVANS

COPIESTO!

HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE,

LONDON.

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