MLG HAS R HYD PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ACTIVATE. CONTINUED TO DEST.

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AFTER 45 MINS IN CRUISE FLT; R HYD PRESSURE LOW LIGHT FLICKERED ON AND OFF. FO NOTED HYD QUANTITY HAD DECREASED TO 5 QUARTS AND TURNED R HYD PUMP OFF. QUANTITY REMAINED AT 5 QUARTS. FOLLOWED HYD FLUID LOSS CHKLIST AND R HYD SYS FAILURE CHKLIST. PROCEEDED TO DEST; STL. UTILIZED MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROC VIA CHKLIST. AFTER LNDG; MAINT SECURED LNDG GEAR DOORS AND TOWED ACFT TO GATE. I HAD EMER EQUIP STANDING BY BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMER. AFTER TOW-IN TO THE GATE; MAINT NOTED HYD FLUID LEAKING FROM TAIL CONE AREA. COOPERATION BY FLT DISPATCH; MCI AND STL MAINT; ATC; FLT ATTENDANTS AND FO WAS EXCELLENT! AFTER FLT DISPATCH HAD COORDINATED WITH STL TWR TO HAVE EMER EQUIP STANDING BY; AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE; AND THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN EMER; I HAD TO SPEND AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME WITH ATC DENYING I HAD AN EMER. I WAS FIRST CONTACTED BY ZMP WITH THEM STATING THEY UNDERSTOOD I HAD AN EMER (RELAYED BY MKC) AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE STL ARPT FOR OUR ARR. AFTER AGAIN CONTACTING FLT DISPATCH I WAS INFORMED WASHINGTON HAD GOT INVOLVED AND THAT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WANTED STL TO CLOSE THE ARPT. IT WAS FINALLY RESOLVED AND THE STL ARPT WAS NOT CLOSED FOR OUR ARR. LNDG WAS NORMAL AND ACFT WAS TOWED TO GATE IN APPROX 10-15 MINS.