TNAG-2029-FCO40-2891-Hong-Kong-freezing-of-Kuwaiti-and-Iraqi-assets-1990 — Page 34

CONFIDENTIAL

016161 MDHIAN 4383

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THE END OF THIS MONTH. FOR THE TIME BEING, CPA WERE NO LONGER ACCEPTING BOOKINGS ON OR AFTER 10 JANUARY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FLIGHTS WERE 'FULL'' HOWEVER, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WHO HAD ALREADY MADE THEIR BOOKINGS TO TRAVEL AFTER 10 JANUARY AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE TOLD OF THE SUSPENSION OF SERVICE BY 1 JANUARY, AT THE LATEST, SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

COMMENTS

5. IT IS CLEAR THAT CPA ARE UNLIKELY TO AGREE TO DELAY THE WITHDRAWAL DATE UNDER ITS CONTINGENCY PLAN. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE AGREED TO KEEP THEIR PLAN UNDER WRAP UNTIL 31 DECEMBER.

WILSON

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DISTRIBUTION

284

ΜΑΙΝ

238

IRAQ/KUWAIT

(AMD)

LIMITED

MED

HKD

ADDITIONAL

46

IRAQ/KUWAIT

(PASSED TO EMERGENCY UNIT)

IAD ROOM 5608

(DEPT OF TRANSPORT)

MR RAMSEY PUSD (E203)

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