Hanoi An agreement signed by the Chinese Ministry of Communications With the French Air Ministry a few days ago is destined to extend China's Commercial aviation horizon con siderably. A. regular service will operate between Canton and Haooi by way of Kwangehauwan and at Hanoi will tink up" with tie line operated by Air' France thereby providing the essential ink in. a 5 Service between China and Burope.
'According' {oa Renigo message irom Tokyo last: Wednesday, the Japanese authorities are viewing the matter in different light. The message reads:
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"The decision to take this step was motivated by the reports that ihe Ching National Aviation Corporation December 1, open routes linking Canton Sha Yunnan with "Annan, Government tilais at." Mobeages" from Ching ated that the Une would be connected pltn tne Indo-ChinasParia Toute "Government efetis pointed out, tha wwhilo China has conelided. this agree: ment with France, no understanding has Sot'been reached on aerial communles dion tween dapan'and China ven Years' Negotiations It is learnt in Shanghai that the question. of air communication between China and France has been Under discussion for the last six or seven years but only within recent ays has it reached a dogras of fnal-
"the idea of establishing air com: munication between China and Frange can be traced back to. 1029, At that time, France was planning to tartan airline between Marseilles and Saigon, and Air Orient Company, fu behalf of France, discussed with the competent Chinese authorities the feasibility of establishing air com: murication between the two counties, Owing to the fact that a num-bor of technical problems had to be further studied, an immediate solution of this question could not be found, After the operation of the Orienial airline operated by French Interests, the need of air communica tion between China and France and other European countries has been keenly felt and repeated. discussions to that end have been held.
'Recently, the French Air Minister sent his representative to confer with the representative of the Chinese Minister of Communications in respect of this matter in a spirit of sincere and' genuine ce-operation, a result, the draft agreement, having been agreed upon by the representatives and finally approved by the competent authorities of the two Governments, was signed a few days
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