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Any communications on the subject of this letter should
be addressed to :-
THE
UNDER SECRETARY
OF STATE
and the following number quoted :-
S.42436/S.6.
AIR MINISTRY,
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LONDON, W.C.2.
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January, 1939.
Sir,
With reference to your letter No. 53846/38 dated
29th December, 1938, I am commanded by the Air Council to state,
for the information of Mr. Secretary MacDonald, that they are
in general agreement with the terms of the proposed draft
dispatch to be addressed to the Governor of Hong Kong regarding
the proposals for the establishment of aircraft factories in the
Colony.
2. The Council feel that, in addition, it would be
advantageous to re-emphasize to the Governor the desirability
of establishing an aircraft factory in Burma, and they would
suggest, should Mr. MacDonald feel disposed to agree, that the
following sentence be added to the end of paragraph 3 of the
draft dispatch :-
"For your own information it is re-emphasized
that the establishment of factories in Burma would be
The Under-Secretary of State,
ATION
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Colonial Office
Whitehall
S. W. 1.