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Secretary of State.

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DESPATCH.

Sir,

Downing Street,

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11 June,

1946.

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Ref.:

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

CO 537/1427

Please note that this copy is supplied subject to the National Archives' terms and

restrictions. Further information is given in the enclosed Terms and Conditions and that your use of it may be subject to copyright

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RONG LONG

NO.

46.

GOVERNOR.

Exell. in (34).

FURTHER ACTION,

Cofen 7.

MA: Mr. W. Burkett.

Try: M. R.L.M. James.

I have etc. to transmit, for your

consideration a copy of the report of the

Mission, headed by Air Commodore Darley,

which recently visited Hong Kong to

examine the problems entailed in the

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international

selection and construction of an airpata o

in Hong Horn; •

2.

It will be observed that the

Mission recommended that Deep Bay be the

Juch

site selected for an airport, in view

of the poor bad weather approaches at

Ping Shan, and he estimated that

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the cost of constructing one

would

2,000-yard runway at Deep Bay de satémited

hat

be nearly £3,000,000, and the cost

of constructing one 3,170-yard runway

estimated to be nearly £4,000,000.

M3. Clearly, before any further progress can!

willte

be made in the matter, it/is necessary to

consider how the project could be financed.

view of the

The Ministry of Civil Aviation have is

ied out that their financial interes

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