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1. WHILE IN PEKING FOR PART OF THE MEETING GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION IN THE ASIA/PACIFIC REGION, MOSS (DTP) SPOKE IN THE MARGINS TO KE DEMING AND LU RUILING (BOTH
CAAC). BOTH CONFIRMED THAT A PRC TEAM WOULD COME TO LONDON FOR AIR SERVICES TALKS IN THE WEEK OF 18 NOVEMBER. KE SAID HE HOPED TO LEAD FOR THE PRC, BUT THAT HE MIGHT INSTEAD BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A THREE MONTH UNIVERSITY COURSE, HE THOUGHT THAT UNLIKELY, HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT JIANG ZHUPING HAD ONLY BEEN IN POST BRIEFLY AS DIRECTOR GENERAL AND WOULD NOT
WISH TO BE WITHOUT HIS DEPUTIES FOR SO LONG. BUT IF HE WAS SENT ON THE COURSE, LU WOULD PROBABLY LEAD IN THE AIR SERVICES TALKS. NEITHER HE NOR LU OFFERED ANY COMMENT ON WHAT LINE THE PRC MIGHT TAKE IN THE TALKS, SAVE THAT LU REFERRED TO HIS MEETINGS WITH EBDON AND TOMKINS (BA) EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
2. MOSS ATTENDED THE MEETING IN PEKING AS PRESIDENT OF ECAC AND HE HAS WRITTEN TO JIANG ZHUPING, WHO WAS TITULAR CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING (THOUGH MUCH ABSENT) ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF HIS
ECAC BUSINESS. HE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PASS ON THE TEXT OF HIS LETTER (IN MIFT), WHILE CONSULTING CAAC ABOUT
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NOVEMBER AIR SERVICES TALKS.
3.
WE SUGGEST STARTING THE TALKS ON MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER AT 2.30 PM (TO ALLOW THE UK/HK DELEGATION TIME FOR A BRIEFING
MEETING AS NECESSARY IN THE MORNING). MOSS WOULD LIKE TO HOST
A LUNCH FOR THE DELEGATIONS OF BOTH SIDES ON TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER. THE VENUE FOR THE TALKS IS THE CONFERENCE ROOM, S6/12, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, SOUTH TOWER, 2 MARSHAM STREET, SW1.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AT LEAST AN INDICATION OF THE NUMBERS ON THE CHINESE TEAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND NAMES AS SOON AS THESE ARE CONFIRMED. DTP WOULD ALSO WELCOME THE NAME OF A CONTACT IN THE CHINESE EMBASSY, LONDON, FOR FINALISING THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS.
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THE UK DELEGATION WILL BE:
D C MOSS
LEADER, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION DIRECTORATE, DTP
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