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TELNO 2198
OF 24092OZ DECEMBER 91
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CANBERRA TELNO 898 TO FCO, YOUR TELNO 3852 AND OUR TELNO 688 TO CANBERRA: HK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
1. OUR TUR WAS PROMPTED BY A CONCERN HERE THAT, DESPITE ALL THE POINTS SET OUT IN YOUR TUR, THE AUSTRALIANS ARE HOPING AT THE UK/AUSTRALIA TALKS WEEK COMMENCING 2 MARCH TO CREATE SOME LINKAGE BETWEEN OUTSTANDING TRUNK ROUTE ISSUES AND THE NEW HK/AUSTRALIA ARRANGEMENTS. THIS ARISES FROM SOME ODD WORDING IN A LETTER FROM BUCKINGHAM TO MOSS PROPOSING EARLY TRUNK
ROUTE TALKS AND SUGGESTING AN AGENDA. HE WROTE QUOTE IN ADDITION THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS A NEW TARIFF CLAUSE AND CHANGES FLOWING FROM THE DELETION OF HONG KONG FROM OUR AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE ADDRESSED UNQUOTE. SINCE THERE ARE NO MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE REMAINING FOR DISCUSSION ON THE DELETION OF HONG KONG, WE COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT HE HAD IN MIND OTHER THAN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE
SOME LINKAGE.
2. TO REDUCE THE ABOVE RISK BY DISTANCING THE NEED TO AGREE
THE DRAFT EXCHANGE OF NOTES FROM THE ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION AT THE TRUNK ROUTE TALKS, WE PROPOSED THE ACTION IN OUR TUR. IN ADDITION MOSS IN HIS REPLY TO BUCKINGHAM SAID QUOTE WE ARE NOT
AWARE OF ANY MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE REMAINING FOR DISCUSSION ON DELETION OF HONG KONG FROM THE UK/AUSTRALIA ASA BUT IT COULD
BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MECHANICS OF THIS UNQUOTE.
3.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE CONTEN FOR CANBERRA TO
PROCEED AS IN OUR TUR.
HURD
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