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UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 817 : FAC ENQUIRY: ADDITIONAL PAPERS
ON THE THREE DRAFT PAPERS SENT TO US BY FAX:-
(1)
AIR SERVICES. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE TEXT SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING
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(A)
PARA 5:
(B)
(I) WE PREFER OUR REFERENCES TO (QUOTE) ARRANGE- MENTS (UNQUOTE) IN BOTH SENTENCES BECAUSE IT WAS THE ARRANGEMENTS AND PROCEDURES WHICH WERE AGREED THROUGH JLG RATHER THAN JLG ITSELF DECIDING THAT HONG KONG COULD CONCLUDE ITS OWN ASAS BEFORE 1997. IT IS CLEAR FROM JD 119 THAT IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE HONG KONG ASAS IN EXISTENCE BEFORE 1 JULY 1997, AUTHORITY FOR THE CONCLUSION OF WHICH WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE:
IN THE FINAL SENTENCE INSERT (QUOTE) THE INITIALLED TEXT OF CUNQUOTE) AFTER (QUOTE) A COPY OF CUNQUOTE) CF. PARA 8:
PARA 7: IN THE FIRST SENTENCE (QUOTE) AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS UNIT OF THE (UNQUOTE) IS UNNECESSARY:
(C) PARA 8: WE SUGGEST THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE BE AMENDED BY THE SUBSTITUTION FOR (QUOTE) THAT (UNQUOTE) OF (QUOTE) ON ARRANGEMENTS WHEREBY (UNQUOTE). CF. (A) (I) ABOVE:
(D) PARA 10: IN OUR VIEW THERE IS MERIT IN GIVING SOME PROMINENCE WITH SOME POSSIBLE SUBSEQUENT PUBLICITY TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS PARITY IN THE NUMBER OF SERVICES
WE SUGGEST THEREFORE AVAILABLE TO EACH SIDE'S AIRLINES.
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