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ELEPHONE
RCC/BJW
ABBEY 3411
Extn...5.225
Any communications on
the
subject of this letter should be addressed to :-
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, AIR MINISTRY,
and the following number quoted :-
Sir,
AIR MINISTRY,
193
SECRET
C.27627/5.6/plol (A9)345
LONDON, S.W.
F10:65
November, 1945.
1945 NOV 1945
10
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to the telegrams which have passed between the Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, His Majesty's Ambassador at Chungking, General Carton de Wiart and the Chiefs of Staff, copies of which have been sent to the Foreign Office, about the Sunderland Flying Boat of the Royal Air Force which was forced by adverse weather to land at Samar, Hainan Island, on the 6th November and which was kept there under armed guard until 16th November.
2.
3.
It will be noted that :-
(a) The Chinese authorities placed an armed guard,
including Japanese soldiers, on the aircraft, although the passengers seemed to have been treated with consideration, though firmly.
(b) An
American flying boat landed and took off again without restraint during the period while the Royal Air Force flying boat was detained.
Owing to difficult weather conditions, which will continue for some months, and the unsuitability of the flying boat base at Kai Tak, Hong Kong, for night landings, it is very probable that other Royal Air Force flying boats will be forced to land at Samar. The Council therefore strongly support the suggestion contained in telegram IZ.10544 of the 16th November from the Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong, to His
/Majesty's....
The Under Secretary of State,
CHEME
Foreign Office,
S.W.1.
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DISABLED
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