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3. BOTH SIDES AGREED THAT THE NUMBER OF SERVICES SHOULD BE INCREASED TO TWO IN WINTER 1993/94. MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE INTERMEDIATE POINTS TO BE SERVED AND FIFTH FREEDOM TRAFFIC RIGHTS. THE SOUTH AFRICANS ALSO REQUESTED TO POINT IN JAPAN, INSTEAD OF TOKYO, AND SEOUL AS BEYOND POINTS WITH TRAFFIC RIGHTS WHILST WE ASKED FOR THE RIGHT TO SERVE POINTS IN SOUTH AFRICA SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION. AFTER SOME DISCUSSIONS, A PACKAGE OF RIGHTS FOR BOTH SIDES WAS FINALLY AGREED AND SUBSEQUENTLY INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT CMU PREPARED DURING THE PREVIOUS ROUND OF CONSULTATIONS IN PRETORIA IN OCTOBER 1992. UNDER THE NEW PACKAGE OF RIGHTS EXCHANGED, HONG KONG MAY EXERCISE FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS ON ONE SERVICE BETWEEN ONE INTERMEDIATE POINT OF OUR CHOICE AND POINTS IN SOUTH AFRICA WHEREAS THE SOUTH AFRICANS MAY EXERCISE FIFTH FREEDOM RIGHTS ON ONE SERVICE BETWEEN HONG KONG AND ONE POINT IN JAPAN OR SEOUL. THE SIGNED CMU WILL FOLLOW TO GLASS (DTP).

4. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 14(3) OF THE 1992 UK/SOUTH AFRICAN ASA, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE FOR AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH THE SOUTH AFRICANS SO AS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE HK/SOUTH AFRICAN CMU.

5. THE SOUTH AFRICANS ALSO EXPRESSED A WISH TO CONCLUDE IN DUE COURSE A SEPARATED HK/SOUTH AFRICA ASA CAPABLE OF REMAINING IN FORCE AFTER 1997. WE NOTED THEIR POSITION AND CONFIRMED THAT AS SOON AS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO NEGOTIATE FOR SUCH AN AGREEMENT, WE WOULD LET THEM KNOW.

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