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3. Other factors, such as the greater expense of

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broadcasting on medium frequencies over long distances

and the special nature of Hongkong 's needs and

potential contribution in any approach to a Chinese

audience, have been brought forward. The position

remains, however, that the Foreign Office is not

prepared to support the establishment of a long-

distance broadcasting station in Hongkong, which

would

provide either a medium frequency service in

English and Chinese, or, still less, a service using

additional languages and tropical or high fre u ncies.

4. In the circumstances I have come to the conclusi on

that for the time being the project has no reasonable

prospect of being favourably considered and approved

and that it should therefore remain in abeyance.

5.

In the meantime a claim for the possible future

use of suitable frequencies has been submitted to

the Planning Committee of the High Frequency

Broadcasting Conference at Mexico City and to the

Provisional Frequency Board as indicated in my

Savingram No. 323 of 12th April 1948.

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