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FV BCARFE HONG KONG 300915Z NOV 79
TOMMEDIATE D O T
TELEGRAM NUMBER ALLOT 87 OF 30 NOVEMBER
FOR BRYANT FROM WILSON.
81
YOUR ALLOT 124 TO ME.
WIR
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3 DEC 1979
84
NO. 1
RE TRY
IND
1. I ONLY RETURNED TO HONG KONG TODAY AND HAVE ONLY ONE MINOR COMMENT TO OFFER ON GAULD'S LETTER CA/25/4 OF 22 NOVEMBER TO YOU.
2. SINCE CPA AND BA HAVE BOTH VARIOUSLY PLEADED THEIR 1959 AGREEMENT IN SUBSEQUENT ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THEM (I HEARD IT QUOTED IN THE CONTEXT OF BA'S PROPOSAL SOME 3 YEARS AGO TO CARRY TRAFFIC BETWEEN HK AND BRUNEI, AND I HEARD IT EVEN MORE RECENTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF BA DISCUSSIONS WITH CPA ABOUT BA CARRIAGE OF HK/SEOUL TRAFFIC ON A TRUNK OPERATION) I AM SLIGHTLY SURPRISED THAT CPA SEEMS TO HAVE GOT AWAY WITH ITS CLAIM NOT TO HAVE REMEMBERED THE EXISTENCE OF THE DOCUMENT. YOU WILL NOTE FROM THE PRESS REPORTS THAT NEITHER THE HK GOVERNMENT (WHO CAN HARDLY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY UNAWARE OF THE 1959 AGREEMENT) NOR BA OFFERED ANY COMMENT ON THIS POINT DURING THE HEARING. THE REALITY OF THAT AGREEMENT AND THE PROBABILITY THAT SOME PARTY TO IT HAS SPOKEN OF ITS EXISTENCE IS DEMONSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT BCAL HAD SOMEHOW KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
3. I DO NOT THINK THE EXISTENCE OF THE 1959 AGREEMENT IN ANY WAY INVALIDATES THE TRUTH OF THE BA AND CPA STATEMENTS THAT BA'S
SHAREHOLDING IN CPA IN NO WAY ENABLES BA TO INFLUENCE CPA POLICY. INDEED, NO ONE WHO HAS DEALT WITH THESE TWO AIRLINES OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS COULD CONCEIVABLE SUSPECT THEM OF COLLUSION. NEVERTHELESS, YOU MAY WISH TO BE AWARE OF THIS ODDITY IN THE TESTIMONY IN CASE LAKER SHOULD SEEK TO PURSUE THE MATTER.
4. LOCAL RUMOUR FROM RELAIBLE SOURCES SAYS THAT THE ATLA DECISION WILL BE ANNOUNCED AROUND 1600 ON 30 NOVEMBER.
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