118/Abroad/3238. (L.B.)
Gth Se tember, 1985,
201
sir,
ith further referee to your letter of the 2nd July last, in 0. 0130/55/568., I am coa anded by the ray Council to inform you that
2. they have given consideration to the circumst moes attending the negotiations between the Colonial Covernment, The Admiralty and the Deportment for the surrender of (inter alia) the rsenal Card, long
L It appears to the evilient that the airalty entare into the arrangements with the Colonial (overnment, which are set forth in the letter dated 20th June, 1937, fros the (ear viniral at on car to the Coverver, on the underst-nding (ahered by the military authoriti s the Colonial overuent would re-rovile tue armedy
ennedy cad accomodation and so render it unnecessary to ret in the ro e-wy.
k
that
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It was not until after the arrangements between the Tolonial Government and the daralty had been agreed a 100%, that the clonial Government receded from its underst nding with the De artsent ami so rendered it necessary for this Department to retain the ennedy ond accommodation and with: it the rope-way.
The socom adation thus to be retained isolonial silitary land which in accordance with well established prisol les, the beart ent is entitled to retain, together with any facilities in the nature of way leaves necessary to enable it to be used. The Desertment woul not have been in a osition to surrender my of the accommodation or facilities for the benefit of the colonial overment expent a the cariitian that the latter re-imbursed the epartment.
* It appears that the Adair Ity are being pressed to fulfil an undertaking obtained from the as part of a comarchensive scheme which the
Colonial Covernment have failed to implement and that neithe. the Admiralty nor the ar ertent are ren xansible for that failure.
The secretary,
The dmiralty,
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