senses to China, ther- would be much in the manner and content of broadcasts from Hong Kong which would appeal to listeners in China and which is not likely to be Youni in material ori inated in London or even Malaya.
however this any be, the mala raton for the proposal to' óstablish a service banos na short r than medium waves has buen a finncial one. It been estimated that the cost of a chort-wave servic on thes lines, on the technical aide alone woul: be about 178,000 capival and 33,000 racirring. The Goverment of Hong Kong Bess no immediate prospect pr being able to devote tuus of this order to the project. The likelihood that it would be able and willing to incur expenditure of several tincs those amounts for e medium wave service must be much more remote.
It therefore seama to us fair to forecest that & long-listance, medium-wave service from Hong Kong would only be worth serious consideration if the major ahare of its considerable costa ere to be borne by Him ́ajesty's Government. No approach to Treasury for this purpose would clearly have any chance of succees unless the Foreign Office were prepared to back it unreservedly and were reasonably hopeful of being able to atspore of the probable rejoinder from the Treasury, that a short-wave service would appear to be technically s8 sffective and much less costly. Perhaps you will let us know whether the Foreign Office is sufficiently likely to be prepared to do this to justify a further more detailed examination of a medium-wave service.
if the foreign office Des not iesi able to so far, the only practicable course would seem to be to review the scheme for a short-anve cervice in the event of the more mo:est fundo Fuired being available from Colonial sources.
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Toure sincersly,
Divantay
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