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as Director of the Services, and that any representations
that he thought should be made, should be put through
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the ordinary channels for the sale of Crown land.
further added that personally I could see no reason why
this land on the reclamation of which the Hong Kong
Government had spent a good deal of money, should be
sold below the ordinary market value, but that this was
purely a personal opinion.
3. On leaving this Conference I was requested to
call on Colonel F.C.Shelmerdine, Director of Civil
Aviation, which I did, and had a conversation with him
on the possibilities and difficulties that were being
encountered in establishing an air route connecting
up Hong Kong with Rangoon for passengers and mails.
Unfortunately, Colonel Shelmerdine will be absent from
London next week on a visit to Rome. His place, however,
will be taken by Mr. Bertram, Deputy Director for Civil
Aviation, who has kindly arranged for me to meet the
following on Thursday next: -
(1).
The Secretary to the Society of British
Aircraft Constructors (Captain Gillman)
(2).
The Directors and General Manager of
Imperial Airways.
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