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HONG KONG/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT

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1. DURING THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RECENT VISIT TO INDONESIA, ALATAS RAISED THE HONG KONG/INDONESIA ASA. HE CLAIMED THAT PROGRESS ON NEGOTIATING THE ASA WAS STUCK BY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY INVOLVED. THE INDONESIANS HAD PROPOSED LANGUAGE WHICH WE HAD ACCEPTED IN THE DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT BUT THIS HAD BEEN FOUND UNACCEPTABLE IN THIS CONTEXT.

2. ALI ALATAS SEEMS TO HAVE HAD SOME GARBLED BRIEFING.THE ASA WAS OF COURSE INITIALLED IN SEPTEMBER 1991. THERE WAS A LAST MINUTE HITCH OVER TERRITORY, BUT THIS WAS OVER THE REFERENCE TO THE CHICAGO CONVENTION (JAKARTA TELNO 572 OF 1991 REFERS). THE LENGTHY AND COMPLEX REFERENCES TO TERRITORY IN THE DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENTS ARE NOT REPEATED IN THE ASA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE MFA HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT THE ASA HAS BEEN INITIALLED. IF YOU AGREE CHANCERY JAKARTA MIGHT TAKE A WORKING-LEVEL OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK WHAT LAY BEHIND THIS REMARK. DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF MORE RECENT INDONESIAN WORRIES ABOUT THE DRAFT AS INITIALLED?

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