DR. EUCLES confirmed this, quoting letters from
General Smuts and the South Wrican Minister of Jefence.
THE POSTAS TER GENERAL enquired whether the proposals
by Australia and India would definitely put them outside
the Imperial Chain.
DR. CLS considered it would be difficult to
bind commercial companies to co-operate cordially with
Chain stations in view of the fact that atmospheric
conditions were so erratic. Also complicated questions
of compensation for the interruption of commerciel traffic
by Imperial business would arise.
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LIR. BROWN was inclined to think that the second
station in gypt might be omitted. Fe pointed out that,
for direct com unication with Australia, a more powerful
station then the Planing Commission had proposed to erect
in the first instance would be desirable in England. This
station would also be aole to communicate direct with
India.
He suggested that the inglish station should have
increased power up to 240 K.W, in the aerial the eventual
maximum contemplated by the Planning Commissi on. He
also suggested that the nong Kong atation should be
omitted. In any case that station was the least important
of the Chain, and it had probably become less important
than it had been as a consequence of the decisions
taken at the Washington Conference. The funds obtained
by the omission of the Egyptian and Hong Kong stations
would, he surested, enable the Imperial Government
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