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19/-/37.
drainage and levelling of the area would have
greatly reduced its utility and therefore
its value. The contingency that Government
may utilize this extensive area for some
purpose other than agriculture should not
be excluded from consideration, but I
think that the best solution in this case
would be along the lines of the formula
which Smith set out in paragraph nine of
his secret despatch of 13th September,
1937.
6.
That formula, however, needs
to be expanded in the light of what I have
written above and I suggest that it might
run as follows:-
(1)
"On relinquishment by the Air Ministry
of the areas or any part of the areas
now occupied by the Royal Air Force
the Colonial Government shall make
refund to the Air Ministry as
follows:-
in respect of the land (a) at Kai
Tak the sum paid to the Colonial
Government by the Air Ministry on
acquisition of the area on account