should be as reliable as possible.
It is
not, however, of such great importance from the defence point of view as the construction
of the Aberdeen Reservoir! It must be
remembered that the greater part of the
mainland water supply which will be teken
into Hong Kong Island by the Pipe Line is
outside the area to be defended.
Once
Hong Kong is invested the Pipe Line will not
be much use as there will be no available
sup lies on the mainland. Its only utility in case
of attack would be as a means of filling up the
reservoirs on the Island from the mainland
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reservoirs.or、less prouably, of supplying the portion of owloon which is to be defended
with water from the Island reservoirs. A
Pipe Line laid on the bed of the harbour
as proposed by Mr. Henderson is theoretically more open to attack than one laid in concrete 32 proposed by the Consulting Engineers, but
I imagine that the possibility of any deliberate
effort to damage the Pipe Line is very remote.
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W. Ellis
18.3.29
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Love donn hoy
Mu 15/3
I do not think reforme to the OD.C. is hecessary, but it might be desirable to obtain the Admiralty's
news on
It landerson..
cheme. There will
always be danger of sabotage and even
though We sichalice will be in the harbour, it would,
kring hugend it with an imagine, be very cache charge attached to
16/3/24
CA
"drag".
explosive
Ihr mamady
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