CO129-502-5 Acquisition of Kai Tak for an aerodrome- financial arrangements 23-5-1927 - 27-10-1927 — Page 27

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SECRET

73eptember, 1977.

3.26972/5.6.

sir,

I am commanded by their Council to refer to

Foreign Office letter of the 1st September, F 7182/29/10

transmitting a copy of a despatch from l.M. Ambussador at

Washington relative to the construction of an aerodrome at

Kowloon.

In reply I am to acquaint you, for the information

of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the

Council are still in correspondence with the Colonial

Office relative to the financial arrangements between H.M.

Government and the Government of Hong Kong in connection

with the acquisition of the site. The Council have been

consulted with regard to the proposed lay out of the site

but not with regard to the erection of any buildings, and

so far as they are aware there is at present no proposal

to erect any buildings in the immediate future beyond

the temporary matshed structures referred to in Air

Ministry letter of the 6th April, 3.25972/S.6.

The Under Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

3.W.1.