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which this additional area might be handed over
for the exclusive use of the Aerodrome must
remain a subject for negotiation.
8. Mr. Dawson's visit has been of great
value in making possible a definite programme and
it has had at the same time the effect of
revealing certain misapprehensions.
importance of the Aerodrome to the Colony is
While the
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fully recognised, its value as an Imperial Asset
cannot be overlooked and a division of the burden
that would generally be accepted as fair would be
politic. In the circumstances as they now appear
I would urge a return to the original suggestion that the Imperial Government should be r three- quarters of the cost of securing and forming the
Aerodrome and the Colony one-quarter; and this arrangement would I have no doubt be accepted by the Finance Committee and the legislative Council as covering the whole Aerodrome site including
the further areas that Ir. Dawson advises should be
included. I propose to furnish you as soon as possible with the statement of the expenditure referred to at the end of paragraph 4 of the
memorandum of the Conference of the 10th October.
9. I shall be glad to know as soon as possible whether His Majesty's Government concurs
in
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