CO129-513-9 Proposals for civil and commercial aviation in Hong Kong- requests for air-routes between Hong Kong... 13-11-1928 - 30-9-1929 — Page 6

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traffic is not the evasion of the authorities

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in Yunnan or Canton but the avoidance of the

toll levied on the raffic by the authorities

in the intervening region of Kwangsi. Aeroplanes,

which demand highly organised terminal facilities

and are not easy things to conceal, would be of no

use in smuggling Opium into Hong Kong.

The only

bad effect so far as Hong Yong is concerned from the participation of aeroplanes in the Opium traffic,

would be a reduction of the price in Canton which

Tould make it easier for the smugglers to undersell

the Government Opium. As, however, we are assured

that it is already impossible to prevent them doing

this (because the Imperial Government will not

allow the Hong Yong monopoly to reduce its prices).

I do not see that we need anticipate any further

difficulties from the Opium point of view from the

development of aviation in South China.

A copy of the enclosures should be placed on the appropriate Opium file. fr. Boyd should

see, and the Secretary, O.D.C. has still to see

the file as directed in Mr. Becket:'s minute of

16th of January.

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