(d)
CONFIDENTIAL
commercial
autonomy and
on their investment
decisions.
Agreement was
reached
service talks in Peking
during
this September
session of air
that more
services necessary between Hong Kong, Peking and Shanghai. But was not possible to agree details aroused some concern in Hong Kong.
favour of Chinese
and this
Currently
an
imbalance in
airline, CAAC, who operate over 50 scheduled flights per week from China to Hong Kong, compared with 3 scheduled CPA flights to Shanghai and
scheduled flight and one CPA
Airways
on e
flight to Peking each week. Important
British
charter
that
a
fair
agreement
is
reached at
an
date,
in
fair a particular
role for
early
Cathay
Pacific Airways.
His Objectives
(a)
(b)
warn against
too
rapid
political
to Possibly
evolution in Hong Kong.
Possibly to seek
reassurance
that the reduction of
to 4 battalions
adverse affect an
to establish whether
on
stability in the garrison
the garrison in Hong Kong from 5
will not have Hong Kong and will be further reduced in the run up to 1997.
(c)
Possibly
to
persuade
us
to
reconsider
our
nomination
of 3 Bitish recipients of Harold Weill medal.
THIS IS A COPY
THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN
CLOSED FOR
40 YEARS UNDER FOI EXEMPTION No. 27.(c)......
CONFIDENTIAL
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.