En osure No. 1 in Canton despatch No. 5 of January 14th, 1929.
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GO/34/7.
The Consul-General, CANTON
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From R. VAUGHAN-FOWLER.
December 27th, 1928.
Dear Mr. Brenan,
In accordance with your request that I should keep
you informed with the developments of AVIATION in China I
write to give you the following information.
I was in Canton recently, (18th/21st December) and
spent most of my time at the Aviation Bureau at Tai Sha Tau,
during this time General Cheung Wai Jung made a safe return
on the Ryan Monoplane landplane and this caused considerable
interest in Aviation amongst the high officials of Kwangtung.
General Cheung informed me that as a result of his
flight round China (fully reported in the Hong Kong Daily
Press, final report published December 20th) Marshal Li Chai
Sum and General Chan Ming Shui had decided to spend consider-
able sums on developing aviation in south China.
On the 21st the General told me that he was now in a
position to buy ten British machines, and that he required
moths, this matter I am attending to. They also propose to
buy other machines, most likely from Germany and perhaps
America.
The most interesting development in Canton is the
small two seater biplane designed and built by the Aircraft
Works attached to the Bureau. I attach a description of this
machine given me by the designer. The machine was tested and
found to be quite successful, I was only able to give it
slight attention, but from this short inspection I came to
the conclusion that much of the work was good.
It is impossible to say how they obtained the materials
for this machine, but I have been informed by Mr. Lam, the
chief/
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