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Group Captain Coryton stated that from the point of view
of imperial defence, the Air Ministry held the view that a
site in Burma would be preferable, as it would then be
secure in the event of us being involved in a war with
Japan. A factory at Hong Kong would soon cease to operate,
whereas with a site in Burma, production could be continued
and could be used to assist in meeting our own Far East
requirements. It would be necessary however, for the
Company to be formed with a predominant share of British
capital so that we could control its activities.
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