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DELEGATION TO RAN CONFERENCE) AND LATHAM (HKG) REPLIED THAT ALL

PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT TO THE REGIONAL PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE

CONSIDERED ON THEIR TECHNICAL MERITS AND DISCUSSED IN THE RAN

CONFERENCE MULTILATERALLY WITH ALL INTERESTED ICAO PARTIES. THE

MATTER RAISED BY LU COULD NOT BE DEALT WITH ON A BILATERAL

BASIS. ALTHOUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AIRSPACE IN QUESTION

BY HONG KONG GAVE RISE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE UK WOULD

NOT ITSELF HAVE ANY PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES TO THE STATUS QUO:

AND WOULD IF NECESSARY BE PREPARED TO CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR AIRSPACE IN THE FORMER SAIGON FIR IF THERE WAS A CONSENSUS

WITHIN THE CONFERENCE THAT IT SHOULD DO SO. WE WOULD HOWEVER BE

READY TO CONSIDER ANY PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY OTHER COUNTRIES

ON THEIR TECHNICAL MERITS AND WOULD EXAMINE THE CHINESE PROPOSALS

ALONG WITH ANY OTHERS WHICH MIGHT ARISE.

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LU WISHES TO CALL ON DCA HONG KONG FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION

OF THE CHINESE PROPOSALS ON 14 DECEMBER AT 1000. HE WILL ARRIVE

HONG KONG AT 0900 ON MONDAY 13 DECEMBER (CX200) ACCOMPANIED BY

LU GUANGHUA AND MA LIANG DAI. TWO EXPERTS WILL JOIN THE PARTY IN

HONG KONG FROM PEKING.

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GROVES WILL ATTEND THE LAST TEN DAYS OF THE RAN

CONFERENCE: HE IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THROUGHOUT BUT PEACOCK (CAA)

WILL ACT AS LEADER OF THE UK DELEGATION IN FIRST TWO WEEKS AND

HC SINGAPORE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FULL BRIEFING ON POLITICAL

ASPECTS OF THE MATTER AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THEY WOULD

BE AVAILABLE TO ADVISE ON THESE ASPECTS THROUGHOUT.

PYM

LIMITED

MAED

SEAD

HK AND GD

FED

MR ADAMS

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