by air worth while.
interest now being take in aviation by the loosl
That this is one explanetion of the
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authorities is confirmed by a very interesting despatch, of
which I enclose a copy, from the French Consul at Amoy
to the French Minister at Faking. It was shown to me in
confidence by wy French colleague in shameen.
5.
It reports on the formation et Swatow of an
aviation company, whose real object is to facilitate the
transport of opium from the poppy fields of Yurman to
wuchow and sakhoi on the borders of this province, whence
it can be distributed to other places by sans of
subsidiary airplane lines or naval vessels. The principal
promoters of the company are the Generals Fan Shih-sheng
} and Nau Ching-tang {
) commending
(
respectively the northern and eastern military districta in
Kwang tag, and Kr. ei Yuk. The last name: was for a ti
the Aating Commissioner for Foreign Affairs at Canton under
the Tussian regime and was one of Borodin's creatures. I
knew him well. He speaks French perfectly, is a cynical and
amusing person and utterly ucecrupulous. He la at present
in Canton in dormeotion with this scheme. The other
subscribers are stated to be noted traffickers in opium.
6. Although his name is not mentioned, General tong
Shao-hung, the military administrator of Kwangsi, must be
interested in the pro jest if \uchow is to be one of the
air porte concerned, and it will be seen from Mr. Vaughan--
Fowler's memorandum that he has been consulted by the
General on the subject of an air service in that province.
General song's brothers are the holders of the opi um
monopoly for Kwangtung and Kwangsi (see my despatch No. 132
Af the 29th August, 1928). Further confirmation of the
on52767/280
French Consul's report will be found in Mr. Vaughan-Fowler's
note on aviation at pakhoi and in a statement in the
"South China Morning Fost" of November 14th from ita Pakhoi
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