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Johnson, Stokes & Master.
Solicitors and Notaries.
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
HongKong & Shanghai Bank Building,
Hong Kong.
14th September, 1938.
The Honourable Mr. N.L. Smith, C.M. G.,
Colonial Secretariate.
Sir,
We have the honour to refer to the writer's
interview with you on Friday last, the 9th instant, with
reference to an application which had been previously made
on behalf of our clients for permission to erect in the
Colony of Hong Kong in the neighbourhood of the aerodrome
at Kai Tak a factory for the erection of light aeroplanes.
As the writer informed you at that interview, there
is no intention whatsoever of manufacturing any machine, at
any rate to commence with, and thereafter until the present
Sino-Japanese troubles are over, other than light machines suitable for clubs and for primary training. There is no
intention even of manufacturing advanced trainers during
this period or until the factory has become firmly
established by the sale of light machines.
The organizer of the scheme is Mr. Wen Lin Tschen
who, until 1937, was the Commanding Officer of the Chinese
Naval Airforce but who has now retired and he is backed, we
are instructed, by a very substantial group of Chinese.
The scheme is to form a Company under the Hong
Kong Companies Ordinance with an authorised capital of five
million dollars Hong Kong currency of which, in the first
place, at least one million dollars will be subscribed and we
understand that funds are available for the immediate
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