out of the question as it is proposed that the Act should
amended in any case to remove the distinction between private and publicly owned airlines. Unless the Act as a whole were to be extended to Hong Kong (thus superseding Hong Kong's existing arrangements) it is however difficult to justify bringing Hong Kong based airlines within its general scope. This would give * CPA the same rights as UK based airlines on any routes even though the CAA has no jurisdiction in Hong Kong.
5. If we accept that the bias in the present CAA procedures cannot be remedied we must ensure that the DOT are genuine in their protestations that CPA will be treated fairly at the end of the day. It is not surprising that the Hong Kong authorities suspect that a British Minister would find it
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ifxkkixx¤¤¤¤kx which had favoured a British airline. As the case will almost certainly go to appeal the ultimate decision will be one for the Secretary of State for Trade and an approach at Ministerial level may in the end be necessary. There axaxax is however a case fo giving Mr Roberts a chance to comment få ft
6. This would be a useful opportunity to se a further point about the nature of consultations with the Hong Kong Government while an appeal is pending which was raised in the DOT's draft telegram to Hong Kong (which is being held until the policy issues are resolved.)
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