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in this sense to Major-General C. A. Anderson, enquiring

his view and suggesting that if he felt in doubt on the

re 2.

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subject he should lay the question before the Local De-

-fence Committee. I attach his reply.

I thereupon addressed a note to

Monsieur Liébert (copy enclosed) and I shall be obliged

if you will inform me of the views of the Colonial Defence

Committee and give me your instructions in the matter.

4.

The question at issue is no doubt

one which has already been considered by His @jesty's

Government in its larger aspects, but I have at present

no information whatever as to the lines upon which inter-

-national policy will be guided in this question. So far as

Hongkong is concerned, and pending any international con-

-vention on the subject, it appears to me that in an

island fortress like this it would be manifestly dis-

-advantageous to permit aviation in the vicinity of our

defences,

and it is difficult to assign any locality even

in the New Territories from which ascents could be made

without exposing our defences to scrutiny.

I have the honour to be

sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

Governor,&

鲁

Hangarg