TEL. NO. HOLBORN 3434.
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.31183/S.6.
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AIR MINISTRY,
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3/ August, 1933.
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I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to
(19) Colonial Office letter of the 4th instant, 13792/33,
regarding the establishment of a Flying Training School
at Hong Kong, and to acquaint you, for the information of
Secretary Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, that they are now
prepared to withdraw their reservation of the right to
review the situation at a later date and to accept the
suggestion that the number of instructional machines
permitted to be in the air at any one time should be
specified in the concession, the exact terms of the
limitation being decided in agreement with the Officer
Commanding, Royal Air Force, Far East.
The Air Council are further prepared, in view
of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister's representations, to
accept the proposal contained in the fifth paragraph of
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
Downing Street, S.W.1.