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5. WE TRUST THE ABOVE WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MATERIAL FOR HMA PHNOM PENH TO DRAW ON WHEN HE NEXT SEES PRINCE CHAKRAPONG.

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INFO PRIORITY FCO, DTP, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

CAMBODIA

MY TELNO MISC 24: CAMBODIA: HONG KONG/PHNOM PENH AIR SERVICES

1. WE NOTE FROM THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST THAT DRAGONAIR DO NOT PROPOSE TO CONSIDER A SERVICE TO PHNOM PENH UNTIL AFTER THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS IN MAY.

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THE AMBASSADOR (NOW VISITING PEKING FOR SUPREME NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING) WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW:

(A) WHETHER PRINCE CHAKRAPONG HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THIS DECISION. (IF NOT, WHEN DRAGONAIR PROPOSE TO DO SO): AND

(B) WHAT LINE HE SHOULD TAKE WITH PRINCE CHAKRAPONG ON THE QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA AIRLINES NOW OPENING A ROUTE TO HONG KONG?

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FOR THOMAS YIU, AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS UNIT, ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH, HONG KONG

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HONG KONG TELNOS 19 AND 46 TO FCO AND FCO TELNO 23 TO HONG KONG: HONG KONG/CAMBODIA AIR SERVICES

SUMMARY

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DRAGONAIR AND WE CONSIDER A HONG KONG-PHNOM PENH AIRLINK A MONEY SPINNER, ESPECIALLY SO WHILE UNTAC IS HERE. WE SHOULD FIND THE QUICKEST WAY OF EXPLOITING IT. THE ISSUE OF TEMPORARY OPERATING PERMITS SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER. OTHER AIR LINES OPERATING FROM DESTINATIONS OTHER THAN BANGKOK (EG MSA AND SILK) SEE NO REASON TO DELAY UNTIL AFTER THE CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS AND ARE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY.

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2. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT FCO TELNO 23 OFFERS THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD AND I HOPE THAT DRAGONAIR CAN BE PERSUADED TO ADOPT IT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. FIRST, BECAUSE THE PRESENCE OF 16,000 UNTAC TROOPS, 3,500 UNTAC POLICE AND OVER 5,000 CIVILIANS PROVIDES A ONCE OFF POOL OF TRAVELLERS FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO, WHICH IT SEEMS SILLY TO IGNORE. A DIRECT LINK TO HONG KONG WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE OPTION TO THEM FOR REST, RECREATION AND INDEED FOR THEIR ROUTES HOME. AT THE MOMENT THE MALAYSIANS, SINGAPOREANS AND THAIS ARE CREAMING THIS PARTICULAR POT. THERE IS ALSO A CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS FLOW BETWEEN PHNOM PENH AND HONG KONG WHICH SUCH A ROUTE WOULD SERVE AND INDEED ENCOURAGE.

3. MSA, SILK AND THAI INTERNATIONAL DO NOT SEEM TO FIND THE RISKS OF FLYING TO PHNOM PENH UNACCEPTABLE. THE SITUATION LOOKS A LOT WORSE FROM OUTSIDE THAN IT DOES FROM HERE. THERE ARE OF COURSE NO

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