Copy.
Enclosure No. 1.
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RADIO CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
Plaza Moraga.
Manila, P.I., February 16, 1929.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Crown Colony of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China.
Dear Sir:
On October 7, 1926, we addressed a letter to the
British Consul General in Manila suggesting the opening of
a commercial radio service between Manila and Hong Kong, to
be operated by the radio service of the Public Works
Department in Hong Kong and our Corporation in Manila, and
attached thereto a draft of a proposed traffic agreement to
be entered into between the two administrations.
A copy of
See Enclosure No.2.this proposed agreement is now attached hereto for your
information.
In reply the Government of Hong Kong informed us
that while they were agreeable to the opening of a service,
they did not at the time desire to enter into a formal
traffic agreement but proposed instead that after a year's
experience of operation under an informal arrangement, the
matter would be further considered.
The Hong Kong-Manila circuit was opened on July
23, 1927, and has been in daily satis factory operation since
that time with a slow but promising increase in volume of
During the intervening space of time, considerable
traffic.
expansion