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CONFIDENTIAL

Copy of Signal sent tu Hong Kong

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

CO 537/1425

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From:

To:

From:

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Admiralty

C. in C. Hong Kong.

Chairman British Joint Communications Board

Chairman Hong Kong Communications Board.

Your 1007502 April considered at meeting 16th April Minutes of which will be sent by air soonest possible.

2,

Meeting agroed Not repeat Not possible reduce requirements of

transmitting and receiving channels. Those detailed in Minutos of Meeting

Receiver channels may be considerably

28th February are essential minimum.

increased to meet "y" requirements which Not repcat Not yet finalised.

3.

Appears to be some misunderstanding of our actual intentions regarding

land for sites. Following given in emplification of Minutes previous mocting.

(1) Not repeat Not essential have exclusive rights over two areas of

250 acres,

but two creas this sizo considered desirable to

accomɔdato morial systems if optimum rosults to bo obtainod.

(2) Essential land requirements are

(A) Exclusive use at onch site of minimum arca of land nccossary

accommodate Main Transmitter or Receiver House plus ancillary

buildings. Those areas to be fenced in for security and might

possibly be of order of 20 to 30 acres depending on final plan

of station.

(B) Exclusive use of strip of land sufficiently wide and long tɔ

provide adequate carriago way to oach site.

(c) Outside of compounds, Rights to instal posts and associated

feeder lincs for aorial systems. This could be obtained by

either (i) Purchase of smell plots and/or strips of land or

(ii) lease of appropriate land from present owners.(iii)

Possibly combination of both.

(D) Fully appreciato importance fɔɔd growing and in (C)(i)maximum

possible amount of land round masts could be leased to

local farmers while in (C)(ii)Landlord be permittod use of

naxinum.....

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