TELEGRAM TO HONG KONG NO. 61 of 28th September 1929. 23
by wireless,
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Copy to F.0. 1401, Canton 103, Shanghai 295, Nanking 269.
Your despatch Fo. 42 of August 27th.
Fosition is still governed, so far as I know, by
the rovisional regulations, copy of which was communicated
to Mr. Vaughan Fowler in a letter from His Majesty's Legation
of February 7th (enclosed in my despatch No. 17).
Mr. Vaughan Fowler's application is not clear.
In the first paragraph of his letter of August 13th he
speaks of flight between Hong Kong and Canton but later he
appears to desire permission to fly at any time over Chinese
territory and speaks of "any Chinese port of call”.
Although object of flight is not definitely stated
Application may, therefore,
it is by inference commercial.
though
be rejected in view of Article 7 of above regulations;
against such a decision it would be open to us to point to
contracts recently signed with American enterprises by the
National Aviation Corporation and the Ministry of Communica-
tions respectively, for mail and passenger services between
Shanghai and Hankow and other points.
It occurs to me that Mr. Vaughan Fowler's best
course is to be guided by American example and to work out
a detailed scheme for an air service either with the Canton
authorities, subject to the approval of the competent depart
ment of the National Government, or direct with that depart-
ment. If, howev he prefers to continue with his present
application no should furnish full details required by the
provisional regulations.
LAMPSON.