Copy of 7-0 69
TEL. No. HOLBORN 3484.
10/
Any communications on the
subject of this letter should be addressed to:-
THE SECRETARY,
AIR MINISTRY,
ADASTRAL HOUSE,
KINGSWAY,
LONDON, W.C.2.
and the following number quoted
•
S.27606/S.6.
sir,
YN FOR
NATIONAL
DISABLED
SCHEME
MEN
AIR MINISTRY,
3
LONDON, W.C.2.
th
January, 1929.
11
SECRET.
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to
1600
52911/28
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to
your letter of the 28th December 1928 (52911/28) on the
proposed use of Kai Tak aerodrome for an experimental air
mail and passenger service.
In deference to Mr. Secretary Amery's opinion,
the Air Council will not press for the enforcement of the
specific condition that no pilots other than British or
Chinese should be allowed to land on the aerodrome. It
appears to them, however, important having regard to
the political conditions and their possible reaction on
defence security, that any civil aviation company using
the Hong Kong aerodrome should operate under conditions
which will secure adequate control by the Hong Kong
Government of the personnel engaged.
The question of the use of the Singapore
aerodrome is, the Air Council suggest, not comparable in all respects with that of the similar use of the Hong
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1.
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