621/30c.
B:S/CA.
Sir,
Enclosure No. 3
17
SECRET.
2nd June, 1934.
With reference to your Secret letter No.73/Air
of 24th May, 1934, in which you request the immediate
transfer to the Air Ministry on a free basis of the
triangular area of land at Kai Tak, I am directed to
Ser M Lick's invite your attention to my confidential letter No. 21/30c.
of 19th September, 1933, forwarding a copy of a letter
on this subject which was sent to the Officer Commanding,
Royal Air Force Base, Singapore, and in which are set out
the terms on which this Government is prepared, subject
to the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
to transfer the area in question to the Air Ministry.
2.
No reply to that letter has yet been received.
Particular attention is invited to Condition
(f) which reads:
"No marine rights shall be deemed to be granted.
This Government as at present advised cannot agree to the
grant of indeterminate marine rights such as are now
asked for but in order to meet the requirements of the
Royal Air Force it is prepared to undertake to leave
unreclaimed except after consultation with the Royal
Air Force the immediate sea front of the triangular red
area shown in the plan which accompanied my letter of
19th September, 1933 to the Officer Commanding, Royal
Air Force Base, Singapore.
The Officer Commanding,
Royal Air Force Base,
KAI TAK.