TNAG-0964-FCO40-1183-Air-services-between-the-UK-and-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 275

HK

HO/FO 008/25

Mo

PP HONG AID

GRS 100

RESTRICTED

FM HONG KONG 250620Z JANUARY 80

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[May (HK+go] ~128.1 21101

CUIT

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 88 OF 25 JANUARY

FOR KEEP FROM TAYLOR

SCMP OF 23 JANUARY QUOTING REUTER LONDON REPORT THAT BCAL

''IS SEEKING TO EXTEND ITS PLANNED LONDON-HONG KONG SERVICE TO TAIBEI, THE COMPANY SAID TODAY'' (22 JANUARY) AND THE

BCAL SPOKESMAN SIAD ''A SERVICE TO TAIWAN WOULD BOOST TRADE

AND TOURISM''

2. PERHAPS YOU HAVE ALREADY PICKED THIS UP. IT SEEEMS TO US THAT

THIS EXTENSION (IF THE REPORT IS TRUE) MITIGATES AGAINST BCAL'S CASE FOR HK/LONDON ROUTE LICENCE AS THEIR FLIGHTS WOULD NOT THEN BE DEDICATED TO HK/LONDON VV TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT IMPLIES. THIS COULD BE USED APPROPRIATELY IN OUR SUBMISSION, IF DEEMED FIT.

MACLEHOSE

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