TNAG-1177-FCO40-1479-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-South-East-Asia-1982 — Page 128

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FM FCO 041230Z JAN 82

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 OF 5 JANUARY

INFO IMMEDIATE BRUNEI

HONG KONG TELS 1121 AND 1166

1. WE HAVE THIS MORNING HEARD FROM BRUNEI THAT THE GOVERNMENT

RECOMMENDATION OF NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REVISED CPA SCHEDULES

HEP 1 JAN 1982 HAS NOT YET BEEN LAID BEFORE THE SULTAN. IT IS 99.9

PER CENT CERTAIN THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE ENDORSED AND THE

SULTAN'S GENERAL ADVISER HAS INDICATED THAT NO-ONE IN THE

BRUNEI GOVERNMENT WOULD TURN AWAY CX991 ON 6 JAN IF THE

AUTHORISATION HAD STILL NOT BEEN GIVEN. IN VIEW OF THIS WE

WOULD BE CONTENT FOR THE FLIGHT TO GO AHEAD AS PLANNED. REVISED

OPERATING PERMITS FOR THE NEW PATTERN OF SERVICES WILL BE

ISSUED WHEN WRITTEN CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE

SULTAN.

CARRINGTON

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