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15 April, 1969.
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Thank you for your letter of 1 April about the proposed extension to Kai Tak Airport in
Hong Kong. I should be very pleased to see you and Anthony Royle. But without seeking to postpone the occasion unnecessarily, may I suggest that we do not meet for this purpose just yet?
One of my reasons for this suggestion is
already known to Anthony Royle. There is a time
factor certainly, but in the words which the
Governor himself used to Legislative Council on
26 February, "Contrary to general belief a
decision (on Kai Tak) can safely be delayed for another four to five months and perhaps a little .. longer". By itself this is not a compelling
reason for deferring our discussion.
But there are
good grounds also in the advanced but not yet final
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The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, K.T., M.P.
House of Commons.