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Chairman British Joint Commmications Board

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Chairman Hong Kong Communications Board.

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CONFIDENTIAL

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CO 537/1425

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

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Your 1007502 April considered at meeting 16th April Minutes of which

will be sent by air somest possible.

2.

Meeting agreed Not repeat Not possible reduce requirements of

transmitting and receiving channels, Those detailed in Minutes of

Meeting 28th February are essential minimum.

Receiver channels may be

considerably increased to meet "Y" requirements which Not repeat Not

yet finalised.

3.

Appears to be some misunderstanding of our actual intentions

regarding land for sites. Following given in amplification of Minutes

previous meeting.

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

of 250 acres, but two areas this size considered desirable to

accommodate aerial systems if optimum results to be obtained.

(2) Essential land requirements are

(A) Exclusive use at each site of minimum area of land necessary

to accommodate Main Transmitter or Receiver House plus

amillary buildings. These 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

to provide adequate carriage way to each site

(c) Outside of compounds rights to instal masts and associated

feeders lines for aerial system. This could be obtained by

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

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

Possibly combination of both.

(D) Fully appreciate importance food growing and in (C)(i)

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maximum possible amount of land round masts be leased to

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

maximum possible amount of land.

(E) Right of access to aerial masts and feeder systems for maintenance.

Where land under rice may be necessary provide small causeways

for this purpose, as safeguard during flooding seasons.

to be obtained as in (C) above.

Rights

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