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an airport at Chek Lap Kok. No decisions are required. Nor should the discussions be seen as binding on either side.
(If the Chinese refer to problems over overflying their territory.) We hope that the Chek Lap Kok scheme can be devised in such a way that there is no significant change in the use of air space outside Hong Kong from the present situation with Kai Tak.
We on our side would find it useful to know if plans for an airport in the Shenzhen area have progressed any further and, if so, how. We do not wish our planning to conflict with what has
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We are also interested in Chinese views of the possibility of an airport in Macau. do not wish to ask specifically about this in Peking since it might suggest that we accept they have a right to say what should, or should not, happen in Portuguese territory.)
uinely. we will then chip in with additional updating on the Deep Bay site if that seems necessary.
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RJT McLaren Esq Far Eastern Department
M W Atkinson Esq MBE Peking
(D C Wilson)
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