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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Ms W Stewart

Sec (AS) 2

Room 8247

MOD Main Building

Whitehall

HKK

RECEIVED IN REGIS” 47

- 4 DEC 1986

INDEX

Telephone 01-

233 4439

Your reference

182/1

Our reference

HKK 182/1

Date

3 December 86

tion Taken

7

Dan Mo Stewart

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DECLASSIFICATION OF HONG KONG LOW FLYING CHART

We spoke today on Hong Kong's proposal to "declassify" their "Low Flying Chart". I enclose a copy of a letter from the Hong Kong Political Adviser's Office, dated 19 November.

1.

Hong Kong's proposal to declassify a suitably "sanitised" version of the chart looks sensible to me, given:

2.

and

(a) CRAF/Hong Kong's agreement,

3.

(b) the peculiar difficulties that Hong Kong's few civilian fliers must face in Hong Kong's unique geographical and physical circumstances.

if I can,

I should like therefore to respond helpfully subject to

department's your

views and those of Our Own legal advisers, whom I am consulting separately on

on the boundaries issue.

4.

I have one

of the chart

to if you need

see it. copy

The

reference

(in the no.

top right and bottom left corners) is "Series GSGS5401A; Edition 2-GSGS".

Чи

You fincerly,

llit

CE Leeks

Hong Kong Department

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