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Mr P Lever

Sec Pol Dept

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OPEN SKIES: AREA OF APPLICATION

GISTRY Action Takeon

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1.

Plese refer to your submission dated 26 February on the area of application of 'Open Skids' I note Mr Goulden's comment that :

"We would also need to reassure the Caribbean dependencies that, in the unlikely event of someone wanting to overfly them, we would if necessary bear the burden of the administrative arrangements".

2.

I am not exactly sure what Mr Goulden means, but we must ensure that the local Caribbean DT governments are consulted on all overflight requests, which can be handled, I suggest, in the normal way. Most of our Caribbean DTS are on drugs trafficking routes and their air space is carefully monitored by dedicated radar systems, surveillance aircraft etc. Unreported flights are immediately considered to be drugs traffickers aircraft and action is taken thereon.

Барта

P A Penfold

West Indian & Atlantic Dept WH MZ 37

270 2699

2 March 1990

CC:

PS/Mr Maude

PS/PUS

Mr Weston

Mr Broomfield

Mr Berman, Deputy Legal Adviser

Mr Ratford

Mr Paul, HKD

Mr Madden, SED

Mr Hemans, Soviet Dept

Mr Edis, EAD

Mr Thomas, SPD

Mr Yarnold, Defence Dept

Mr Tatham, FID

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