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Xrosunt: Ur, L.J. lumott ............. Ministry of Civil Aviation ....... (hairman
(Director of Looming)
Hr. XC, Mlisill ........... Foreign Ofrios,
Mr. P.J. Vilo
Volanial Office,
Pass AM, Fixation ............. Colonial OrTios.
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Tho Chairman recuplculated tho ldatory of the project which the british ani illiose Corporation (in whom Jagéino Mathieson and tho long Fong an' Shiraghed Banking orporation were the principal, shereholdưrm) had boan parting with the support of tho M.........A, for the creation of a no- British Air Transport Campany to oporeto sorvidas išsido Jhina. This project had boen discussed with the Jhinoes in the part on the besis of a detodilni oɑhome with the properation ai vido?: the ›inistry of Civil
2 som had sonlated, but littlo :ro/raco be! bour, vade with the Chinese, -revină balo pen from dia is abansy da China Intionted that the is. & 2.0. bed 2:ɔpunod nagotiations with the Chinoso, Ka☺... had not been informi
y the end that this was being dano and agsordingly had aŭdrossed
a lester recurtly to the Jandruan of fin Jå 0,0, to find out what was janending. congroisonilvo rojily land raw been reoudved which the Jhaizymui rund art at the metin,. The main feature of this reply was that tho 1,6 1,0, had changed their ground without concultati n with the LUẢ. and had mugated that instead of a company based in and oporacing entir 17
thin Clina, tno joint Cœpery should be based on Hong Kong and operato on routes from Hong Kong to Ching. This was a new conocytion and it was iɩportant to ocnadder whether the project sa now jut formed, could be supported.
Majer cirindia ex luinx that Jardine Kathiesoft had kept the lets orotien Pally informal in the pæet of their sohamsa for a airline Inside hina, a ropria tao new project that a Kino-iritiah Tupany, should re broos on Hang ong, he explained that the Corporation had been constduring visther a noose for a British Jorony based on Hong Kong and operating local services or a "change of [zug)" with a network of Dervinen rulating fro, Hung kong would be the batter sciation. The infort:im svedlaulo to tix Corporation suggested that the Jhlusse word in a hijily n zionalistic freras on mind at the presunt time. was un'orated, íbr example, that they were scolding to reduce the 1.^, halding in - hinoeg Rational Arwyn ard wero (murally against foreign portioiiation in internal civil aviation. lie wondered whothor there were loly to ve sny political objectious, in view of Chinese asɣáration to take over Hong Kong, to tiɔ ɑreation of a local British Campeny there operating, Dorvious to china and other places,
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As Iwards the chings of graga propal, the haiguan pointed Trt tint the United Kingdon pallay von be restrict chan a of garage
Tivilo po to a truly crusotẳng Berv.co mnd that it would be incor- ninto it with the line ve had so far fallarel, to opaute a notrek of
ormors from ilong Fang water the olukquof phage umbrulla.
in liig of the Colonial Qiiou asid that the Colonel ffflue on yalition grauxie would not vialı anything done that would ¿ive China an iuorosucu i'boting án ilong Jiang, Aootedirgly they would bo azpored to the idea of an Anglo-lángue Com, any based on Hong: Kong and operating services frea Heng Yong to the minland. In the light of. the aroutonoos explained by ist. Våle, the meeting agreed with this conclusion,
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Major porinile referred to a proposal which had been sade to the Jor_oration by a certain 195, kamera, a merchent resident in liong Kong, to operate a forry survice between Hong Kong and Uanton, in (kummons had gained out that the rail ocmootion betroen Hong Kong ond Canton was at proscut very poor, Horwover tašky of the ferry oturars hed boon munk and accordingly the prospects of an air servico vero
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