Mr. Clutterbuck.
Jr. Ellis
Mr.
Mr. E. J. Harding.
Sir C. Strachey.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grinulle.
Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson.
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Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amery.
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Dear Caines,
Downing Street,
18 29
/Z-September,1927
C. D.
R 10SEP.
Hong Kong Ameri
In pursuance of our telephone
For Mr. Ellis's signature.
wn
9.9.27
conversation,
Ι
e an official
letter suggesting that the best solution
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S.G.CAINES, ESQ.,
AIR MINISTRY.
would be for the Air Ministry to under-
take to pay their contribution during
leaving
1928-9, dar the amount required
during the current financial year to
be advanced in the meantime by the
Hong Kong Government.
This seems to
12 sep. 192 (Companion draft)
us the only way of meeting all the
difficulties, and I hope that you will
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have no maieurty in agreeing to the
proposal.
I do not altogether follow
the suggestion in your letter of the
30th August that the aerodrome ought
to share in the reduction in the cost
of reclamation. As you are aware,
Hong
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