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BE UNLIKELY TO OBJECT TO REDUCING THE HK FIR TO ITS FORMER SIZE. HOWEVER, IF RAN CONCLUDED THAT VIETNAM WAS NOT CAPABLE OF RESUMING CONTROL, AND WISHED THE STATUS QUO TO BE MAINTAINED, THE UK WOULD PROBABLY AGREE. KEEP THEN SUGGESTED THAT A FOURTH

OPTION MIGHT BE RAISED · TO CARRY OUT A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE

REGION'S FIR BOUNDARIES AND AIRWAYS. RAN'S PRIME OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND TO SECURE THE EFFICIENT

HANDLING OF TRAFFIC.

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4. DURING SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION, THE CHINESE AGREED TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS, TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS WITH OPTION (A). THE PROPOSED PACKAGE WOULD BE PHASED IN AS FOLLOWS:

(A) ADJUSTING OF DANGER AREAS AROUND HAINAN, TO ALLOW UNINTERRUPTED USE OF AMBER 1/901, OR INTRODUCTION OF ROUTE

AMBER 2 OR AMBER 5,

(B) INTRODUCTION OF HONG KONG SUB-CENTRE' TO CONTROL THE AOR AND SOUTHERN PART OF EXISTING HK FIR, USING INFORMATION RELAYED ELECTRONICALLY FROM PRIMARY RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, ALREADY INSTALLED ON THE PARACELS, WHICH WOULD ENABLE HONG KONG TO EASE PRESENT CAPACITY RESTRICTIONS IN THE

SOUTHERN PART OF THE AOR,

(D) INSTALLATION OF SECONDARY RADAR ON HAINAN AND/OR PARACELS, AND RELAYING ELECTRONICALLY OF INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, (E) INTRODUCTION OF A PRC CONTROLLED FIR, CONTROLLED FROM THE PARACELS, WHICH WOULD EXTEND FROM HAINAN AND COVER AN AREA

LARGER THAN THE AOR.

5. KEEP SAID THAT IN AERONAUTICAL TERMS SUCH A PACKAGE WAS NOT UNATTRACTIVE, BUT EMPHASIZED THAT BOTH VIETNAM'S APPLICATION TO RESUME CONTROL AND ANY COUNTER-PROPOSALS WOULD HAVE TO BE PROPERLY AND FULLY DISCUSSED AT THE RAN. THE CHINESE APPEARED TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANY COUNTER PROPOSALS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE THE POLITICAL OBJECTIVE OF THWARTING THE VIETNAMESE, WOULD HAVE TO BE AERONAUTICALLY SOUND, AND WORKED OUT IN DETAIL, FOR SUBMISSION TO THE RAN. LU APPEARED TO BE CONSIDERING AN APPROACH TO THE ICAO PRESIDENT BEFORE THE RAN TO SEEK ICAO SUPPORT FOR A PACKAGE

ALONG THE LINES DESCRIBED IN PARA 4 ABOVE.

6. THE CHINESE DELEGATION WILL PASS THROUGH HONG KONG ON ITS WAY

TO THE RAN. THIS MAY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN A FURTHER INDICATION OF CHINESE THINKING.

7. A FULL RECORD OF DISCUSSION FOLLOWS BY BAG.

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