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King the Treasury to agres to assistance from Central funda allocated for Colonial Development and welfare in order të estaɛlish for the benefit of Hongkong a long distance broadcasting service of the kind which has been under consideration. There remains the alternative that the Foreign Office may be prepared to ank Treasury for funds for the scheme for the sake of any direct or indirect contribu- tion to the projection of Britain, which is, or could be nade part of the service contemplated, and we should be grateľ to have the Foreign úffice's views before we reply to the despatch and to learn whether you would be prepared to sponsor a schame of this sort.

It is a matter of some urgency in that, as you see, ngkơng has inclused in its requirements to be submitted in the very near future to the high frequency conference at

exico City, frequencies for the projected service, These C badly be sustained if none of the interested departments

=== believe that the service is likely to materialise within the five-year period to be governed by the Mexico City allocations.

-might not

I unclose a second ospy of this letter, which you may find convenient for Kirk, with whom I have had discussions recently on this matter in so far as frequency allocation is concerned, I am also sending copies to Grenfell #Alliams (D.B.C.) and Shepherd (G.P,0.)

Yours sincerely,

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(6.J. Whitley) Information Department.