TNAG-2534-FCO40-3704-Hong-Kong-aviation-security-1992 — Page 18

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

FROM GALSWORTHY

LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION

SUMMARY

THIS IS A COPY

THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN CLOSED UNDER

FOI EXEMPTION NO. 27(1)....

1. CHINESE PROPOSE VISIT BY CAAC EXPERTS IN OCTOBER.

DETAIL 2. WU HONGBO TOLD ME THIS MORNING THAT FOLLOWING SOME VERY HARD WORK INDEED WITH CAAC, HE HAD AT LONG LAST MANAGED TO GET THINGS MOVING ON THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION. THE RESULT WAS CAACS WISH TO SEND AN EXPERT TEAM TO HONG KONG FOR INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. THE TEAM WOULD LIKE TO COME IN LATE OCTOBER, AND WOULD NUMBER ABOUT A DOZEN. HE WOULD TRY TO SEE THAT WHATEVER BIGWIGS INSISTED ON COMING, THE TEAM ALSO INCLUDED THE DIVISIONAL CHIEFS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WORK. THEY WOULD HOPE TO LEARN NOT ONLY ABOUT THE LOCALISATION OF CIVIL AVIATION LEGISLATION, BUT ALSO MORE GENERALLY ABOUT THE WAY HONG KONG CIVIL AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS AND POLICY WERE MANAGED.

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I SAID THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME A VISIT, AND THAT I WOULD CHECK ON THE TIMING. THE MFA COULD RELY ON HKG TO GIVE APPROPRIATE FACE TO THE CAAC TEAM.

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COMMENT 5.

THE VISIT BY SUCH A DELEGATION IS CLEARLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO US: THE MORE PEKING KNOW ABOUT CIVIL AVIATION ARRANGEMENTS AND POLICY IN HONG KONG, THE BETTER. WHETHER CAAC ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING ON WITH THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN:

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