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conclusions.
Jeafferson was attracted by this solution and
we agreed to reflect overnight.
5. By good fortune, the following day a letter arrived from
Colegate to Wong (I did not see the text) indicating that
Colegate also would welcome informal discussions.
6. We therefore spent most of the available time yesterday
(28 February) discussing how best to approach this problem.
We agreed to divide up the preparatory work and exchange
papers in time for a first meeting early in May. Jeafferson
personally will lead the Hong Kong team and I undertook to
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do the same our side Jeafferson will write to the FCO
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7. Both the government representatives and, in my separate
talks with them, CPA pressed for my views: but I declined
to be drawn either on the appropriateness or otherwise of
introducing competition at this stage or on what form that
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best competition might, take or by whom it might be offered.
น 8. In a tête-à-tête discussion with me on 27 February,
after he had asked Wong to leave us, the Governor indicated
that he himself had a good deal of sympathy with BA, that he
did not regard this as by any means the most urgent or
important air services topic affecting Hong Kong, and that
only if BA could not improve their performance would he
think the introduction of a competitor desirable. It is
significant that he was the only one of the many who spoke
to me about this in Hong Kong who was even willing to
consider a competitor other than CPA.
9. Telegrams section please copy to Bryant, CAIR1, with
request that he inform FCO of likely approach by letter or
telegram from Hong Kong.
10. Delayed by communications difficulties
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