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which this additional area might be handed over

for the exclusive use of the Aerodrome must

remain a subject for negotiation.

8. Mr. Dawson's visit has been of great

value in making possible a definite programme and

it has had at the same time the effect of

revealing certain misapprehensions.

importance of the Aerodrome to the Colony is

While the

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fully recognised, its value as an Imperial Asset

cannot be overlooked and a division of the burden

that would generally be accepted as fair would be

politic. In the circumstances as they now appear

I would urge a return to the original suggestion that the Imperial Government should be r three- quarters of the cost of securing and forming the

Aerodrome and the Colony one-quarter; and this arrangement would I have no doubt be accepted by the Finance Committee and the legislative Council as covering the whole Aerodrome site including

the further areas that Ir. Dawson advises should be

included. I propose to furnish you as soon as possible with the statement of the expenditure referred to at the end of paragraph 4 of the

memorandum of the Conference of the 10th October.

9. I shall be glad to know as soon as possible whether His Majesty's Government concurs

in

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