ox SECRET.(2).
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
6
HONG KONG.
22nd October, 1934.
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Sir,
With reference to my Secret despatch of
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Dup. who Maps to Chi Min
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22nd October, 1934, regarding the Officers' Mess Site at
Kai Tak Aerodrome, I have the honour to address you on
the subject of the Triangular Area at Kai Tak which this
Government has agreed, subject to your approval, to
transfer to the Air Ministry.
2.
Demi-official negotiations between the Air
Ministry's representatives at Kai Tak and Singapore and
this Government were opened last year regarding the
transfer to the Air Ministry of the Triangular Area at
the east end of Kai Tak and in answer to a telegram dated
14th September, 1933, from the Officer Commanding, Royal
Air Force Base, Singapore, I addressed to him a letter
dated 19th September, 1933, (a copy of which is enclosed),
setting out the conditions on which this Government,
subject to your approval, was prepared to transfer the
area in question.
3.
That letter remains unacknowledged, but on
24th May, 1934, a secret and urgent letter (copy of which is enclosed) was received from the Officer Commanding,
Royal Air Force Base, Kai Tak, enquiring if this Govern-
ment would agree to the immediate transfer of the
Triangular Area to the Air Ministry on a free basis grant-
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&C.,
&C.,