CO129-513-6 Hong Kong water supply- schemes for development and improvement 25-1-1929 - 2-8-1929 — Page 5

should be as reliable as possible.

It is

not, however, of such great importance from the defence point of view as the construction

of the Aberdeen Reservoir! It must be

remembered that the greater part of the

mainland water supply which will be teken

into Hong Kong Island by the Pipe Line is

outside the area to be defended.

Once

Hong Kong is invested the Pipe Line will not

be much use as there will be no available

sup lies on the mainland. Its only utility in case

of attack would be as a means of filling up the

reservoirs on the Island from the mainland

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reservoirs.or、less prouably, of supplying the portion of owloon which is to be defended

with water from the Island reservoirs. A

Pipe Line laid on the bed of the harbour

as proposed by Mr. Henderson is theoretically more open to attack than one laid in concrete 32 proposed by the Consulting Engineers, but

I imagine that the possibility of any deliberate

effort to damage the Pipe Line is very remote.

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Majer Macrcaly

W. Ellis

18.3.29

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Love donn hoy

Mu 15/3

I do not think reforme to the OD.C. is hecessary, but it might be desirable to obtain the Admiralty's

news on

It landerson..

cheme. There will

always be danger of sabotage and even

though We sichalice will be in the harbour, it would,

kring hugend it with an imagine, be very cache charge attached to

16/3/24

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"drag".

explosive

Ihr mamady

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