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MIPT: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES: TEXT OF LETTER FROM MOSS TO JIANG

ZHUPING

BEGINS

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY WHEN I CAME TO THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION MEETING OF DGCAS IN BEIJING. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT OCCASION AND I WAS SORRY TO HAVE TO LEAVE BEFORE THE MEETING HAD FINISHED.

I WAS GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE MEETING ABOUT INTER-REGIONAL CONSULTATION AND TO ASK DIRECTORS GENERAL FROM THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION HOW WE IN ECAC COULD CONSULT THEM WHEN ISSUES AROSE ON WHICH CONSULTATION WOULD BE HELPFUL. I WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED BY THE POSITIVE REACTION TO MY QUESTION AND TO LEAVE WITH THE CLEAR ANSWER THAT, ON ISSUES CONCERNING AIR SPACE MANAGEMENT, SUCH CONSULTATION MIGHT BEST BE WITH THE NEWLY FORMED PLANNING GROUP FOR THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION, AND THAT ON OTHER ISSUES WE SHOULD CONTACT THE ICAO OFFICE IN BANGKOK WHO WERE COMMISSIONED TO ACT AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE REGION IN SUCH CONSULTATIONS. WE HOPE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ARRANGEMENT IN FUTURE AND WE HOPE ALSO THAT THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION WILL FEEL ABLE TO CONSULT ECAC IF ANY ISSUE ARISES ON WHICH THAT COULD BE USEFUL.

I AM COPYING THIS LETTER TO ASSAD KOTAITE IN MONTREAL AND TO MALCOLM HOOD IN BANGKOK, FOR BOTH OF WHOSE INVOLVEMENT IN THIS DISCUSSION OF CONSULTATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, I WAS GRATEFUL. WITH RENEWED CONGRATULATIONS ON A MOST SUCCESSFUL MEETING AND THANKS FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.

D C MOSS

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