ARCHIPELAGO AND CIVIL AVIATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000800270004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 2, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUKOBT/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 1074
RUMJKL/AMEMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR -813
RUMJMA/AMEMBASSY MAN ILA 2904
RU KO pS /AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE 8 51
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1, AS REQUESTED IN REFTELS A AND B (PARA10) , EM BA SS Y_ HAS_
OBTAINED FROM MIKE LAN-DALE, LAW OF_THE SEA AND ANTARCTICA
SE CTiON, DEPT, OF fOREiGN aFFAiRS.THE GOA VSEWS DN
OVERFLIGHT IS TO USE ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION TO BRING
PRESSURE FOR EXAMPLE IN NEGOTIATIONS DN fiRAFFIC RIGHTS, ON
A LARGE NUMBER OF STATES INTERESTED IN OVERFLYING INDONESIA.
RU STRALIA IS PARTICU-EARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF OTHER ARCH I-
PELAGIC STATES TO ITS NORTH AND NORTH--EAST, -END QTE.
3. GOA POINTS OUT THAT AT THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE
LOS CONFERENCE, INDONESIA SOUGHT TO AMEND THE SINGLE
NEGOTIATING TE XT t SN T) T O EXCLUDE CIVIL AIRCRAFT FRO M
ARCHIPELAGIC SEALANES PASSAGE, EXCEPT.AS REGULATED, BY
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIEATIDN UNDER THE
`TCCHICAGO CONVENTION,
4~~ ~TE~ AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS THE~PROVISIONS OF THE
REVISED SNT AND THE DELEGATION HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED
ACCORDINGLY, WHILE MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE+ THE
.DELEGATION WILL, IF NECESSARY, OPPOSE MOVES BY INDO-
NESI A TO REI NTRODUCE THEIR AMENDMENT OR Tp INTRODUCE
A REFERENCE TO RECIPROCITY FOR SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL
AIR SERVICES, OBVIOUSLY THE LATTER AME.C MENT- IF
SUCCESSFUL, COULD LEAD TO INDONESIA QUESTIONING IF
NOT DENYING, THE RIGHT AUSTRALIA HAS UNDER ITS PRESENT
~Y ISSUING OFFICE OHIHITEt
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BILATERAL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH INDONESIA TO
LAND AT AND/OR OVERFt,Y INDONESIECTERRITORY~ END OTE.
PERCIVAL
C O N F I D E N T I A L
REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN
ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED
-STATE MESSAGE
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