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5. When Norman arrived bere a few days ago, he course of a conversation with John Steele, while the Malaysian negotiationis, he had said that it WAS not your intention to invite either BGAI or laker to give evidence to our joint Review Group and that this Wirs something you would expect us to do separately. This was not what I myself had envisaged. I did not regard the sketchy outlines of possible competing services, in Papers Nos 3 and 6, as anything like "an "adèquate basis on which to form a considered judgment. I had therefore always had it in mind that we would get the airlines to "flesh these out. " themselves: and that #t an appropriate

timos we would invite

all

four of the airlines Concerued (ie British Airways, as well

as BCAL, CPA and Laker) to put their CROSS orally to the Group. Not only would this enable them

to supplement whatever they might say on paper; it would also give us the oppor fatma to questi ort them about any points in their submissions about felt doubtful, I thought the October meeting would probably ho premature fo! this:

but I certainly regarded it as an essential

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6. In this context perhaps 1 should add a word or two about No 3 itself. While this Paper usefully outlines the main features a possible CPA service on the route between London and flong Fong, ་ ་ ་ are accustomed to receiving much more substantial documentat i on support of ppoposals for one British airline to enter # route Lint is already operated by another The most recent example ! inve spon i s

Di their application to the Civil Aviation serve Stockholm and other points in Sweden,

this year.

No doubt. the Swire office

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BCAL'S

tement in. Support" Authority, for licences 10 which with enbaitted parlier London will be able to Get 11 copy of this from RCAL. I would Yx!•4‛ f CPA to produce something on these lines, irrespective of whether they were making 1 submission to the Review Group or to the CNA ( (or, as now seems possible, to both).

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of course. suggesting that CPA should follow

There are, however, which Paper No 3 upeds considerable expansion. that OCCUC 10 1136% in the olfached note, which guide.

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to Ray Colegate.

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