TNAG-2313-FCO40-3357-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-Austria-1991 — Page 31

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FM HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 2328

OF 230658Z JULY 91

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HKC181/24

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R&R plecuse

INFO ROUTINE DTP, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING, BAHRAIN, DUBAI INFO ROUTINE ABU DHABI, MUSCAT, DOHA, VIENNA

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Hkyrtustna tis

DTP FOR IAD

YRTELNO 1335 (NOT TO ALL): HONG KONG/GULF AIR SERVICES

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1 WE SHALL WRITE SHORTLY TO THE GULF STATES TO IMPLEMENT THE

LINE IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 2205.

2. ON PARA 2 OF TUR WE WELCOME THE AUSTRIANS WISH TO NEGOTIATE AN

ASA WHICH WE ARE SATISFIED IS NEEDED. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR YOU

AUTHORISATION TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE AUSTRIAN

AUTHORITIES.

3. UKREP JLG AND WE TOO SEE ADVANTAGE IN MENTIONING THIS TO THE

CHINESE EARLY. THE INFORMAL UK/AUSTRIA ARRANGEMENTS UNDER WHICH LAUDA AIR OPERATE ARE WORKING WELL. THERE IS THEREFORE NO URGENCY TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS. IT IS LIKELY THAT CHINESE AGREEMENT

WILL NOT BE GIVEN QUICKLY IN ANY EVENT.

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