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Telephone No.: REGENT SUG 8040.
Telegraphic Address: "AIRMINISTRY. LONDON,"
(All clegram on the subject of this letter should quote the under mentioned Air Ministry Rehe)
CC AIR 50477
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MINISTRY,
45534
KINGSWAY,
LONDON, W.0.2.
Bras SEP 1913 August, 1919.
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All letters on the undermentioned subject should be addressed to THE SECRETARY at the above address and should quote:
Air Mixiatry Relce. A.18021/C.G.C.A.
BJECT:-
Your Reice, 40482. Establishment of Aerial Mail and Passenger Service with Hồng Kong and Straite Settlements.
sir.
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I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to their letter of the 25th August on the above subject and to acquaint you for the information of Lord Kilner that the following facts in regard to the steps which the Chinese Government are taking in the matter of Civil Aviation, have now been obtained.
An agreement has been signed between the Pekin Syndicate acting on behalf of Messrs. Handley Page and the Chinese Minister of Communications which provides for the supply of six two-engined Handley Page machines to the Chinese Government.
1919 :-
The following report was received on 10th April,
"The Chinese Government is preparing to begin an aerial transport and mail service, and has appointed General Tingo, the director of the Pekin-Suiyuan Railway, to be director of the Chinese aerial service.
Aeroplanes will be used
in connecting Kalgan, an important caravan centre with Siberia; and in also crossing the Gobi Desert. The success of the British with aeroplane transport in India is believed to have inspired the Chinese Government to make plans for this form of transport. It is understood that an order for aeroplanes has been placed with Japanese manufacturers.
Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S.W.1.