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Your telnos. 607 and 646, Peking telno. 330 and para 4 of
our telno. 251 to Peking: UK/PRC Air Services.
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1 We are grateful to you for your and EX'S considered views
✓ on this difficult problem. We in the PCO would not quarrel
with the collective judgement regarding the regional CMU, but
in considering future tactics w and DOT have serious misgivings
about the prospect of further talks on the lines you propose.
DOT are firmly opposed to the idea of entering into difficult.
negotiations completely toothless; we have sympathy with
their position and lean towards the view expressed in para 2
of Peking TUR that if indeed terminating the regional CMU iş
The artvin ofpectives ontleed pawra 2 your tel 646 not an option available to us, then we must accept CAAC's dominant
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position for the foreseeable future, and the damaging consequences
which this implies for the interests of Cathay Pacific, British
Airways and the travelling public.
2 We doubt whether your objective of adequate and efficient
air services between Hong Kong and major Chinese cities
(your
telno.646) can be achieved if we are not prepared to insist on
a fair share for UK carriers and to take firm action in support
of that view. You would no doubt say that, if so, this is a
price which must be paid to avoid the risks of confrontation
extending to other areas But the DOT, recalling previous
occasions when the Chinese backed down over Gatwick and over
1982 Chinese New Year services, continue to believe that
termination of the regional CMU need not lead to the consequences
you feep that there is no other way which stands a reasonable
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