CO129-532-8 Proposed transfer of Government Wireless services in Hong Kong to Imperial and International Communications- Ltd.... 19-12-1930 - 19-4-1932 — Page 183

CONFIDENTIAL.

ENCLOSURE No. 1.

Government House,

Hong Kong.

27th February, 1931.

187

My. Lord,

I have the honour to refer to my confidential

despatch dated the 19th of December, 1930, and to

emphasise the need of a speedy decision on the part of

the Merger Company regarding the offer set out in the

Draft Agreement. Although certain minor points may

have been overlooked, the general negotiations should

have now reached a stage approaching finality and in

my opinion the Company should be pressed to give a

definite decision before Mr. King the Colony's

Electrical Engineer returns from leave in Englund,

He is Cue back in the Colony on the 3rd of October next.

The normal development of the Colony's

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Wireless Services has already been retarded approximately

two years on account of the erger Company's proposals.

During this period the task of properly equipping the

Hong Kong Wireless Station has been suspended and the

growing requirements of the Colony in the matter of

telegraphic communications have been met by temporary

and improvised makeshift measures.

Consequently the

Station is barely able to cope with the growth of the

existing traffic, and is definitely unable to undertake

The Right Honourable

Lord Passfield,

etc.

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etc., etc.

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Enclosure to I.C.C. 1272.