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SECRET
Sir,
2292/15/46.
Encl. No. 1
Encl. No. 2
RECEIVED
11 DEC 1946
ICE
00044
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
109
29th November, 1946.
(108)
I have the honour to refer to my secret
telegram No. 1559 of 27th November, a copy of which is
enclosed for convenience of reference, to my Confidential
2 despatch of 4th September and to my Secret No. 3 despatch
of 7th October on the subject of the provision of a modern
airport for this Colony.
2.
As promised in paragraph 2 of my telegram
under reference I now transmit particulars of the proposal
to utilize Stonecutters Island for an airport. A short
history of the project and an account of the proposed
development are given in the enclosed memorandum dated
28 th November, 1946, which has been prepared by Mr. A. J.
R. Moss, Director of Air Services. A plan showing the
layout of the proposed airfield accompanies the memorandum.
As I stated in my telegram under reference
3.
(104)
the Heads of the Services in Hong Kong and my civil advisers
are all strongly in favour of my recommendation that immediate
consideration should be given to this project. It was fully
discussed at a meeting which I convened on the 25th November
at which the three Heads of the Services were present and it
has also been considered and concurred in at a meeting of
the Executive Council held on the 27th November. I think it
can be said that we have none of us been wholly satisfied with
the Deep Bay project and have only supported it in consequence
of the absolute necessity of providing the Colony with a first
CEIVED
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
A. CREECH JONES, P.C., M.P.
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