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TEL. NO. HOLBORN 3434.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be
addressed to:—
THE SECRETARY,
AIR MINISTRY,
ADASTRAL HOUSE,
KINGSWAY,
LONDON, W.C.2.
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and the following number quoted :-
SECRET.
S.31183/S.6.
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Sir,
AIR MINISTRY,
LONDON, W.C.2.
/September 1932.
RECEIVE
18SEP 1932 lOOL, OFFICE
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to
Colonial Office letter of the 23rd August, 92634/1932,
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transmitting a copy of a telegram from the Officer adminis-
tering the Government of Hong Kong on the subject of the
proposed use of Kai Tak aerodrome as a Flying Training School
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by the Far East Aviation Company, and in reply to acquaint
you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, that they much regret that the tone of Air Ministry
letter of the 26th May appears to have conveyed the impression
that they claim the right to exercise complete control over
the aerod ro me.
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The Air Council fully recognise that the aerodrome
was provided for joint service and civil use and, though they
naturally claim the right in defence interests to be consulted with regard to any civil use of the aerodrome which might
interfere with Service requirements, they have no wish to
adopt an attitude of unreasonable opposition to its use for
civil purposes. Indeed, they are, they trust, not less anxious than the Hong Kong Government to do all in their paver
to foster the development of civil aviation in the Colony.
But the Council, who have, as Sir Philip Cunliffe
Lister will recognise, considerable experience of such questions, are convinced that the use of the aerodrome for the purpose of a flying training school would be incompatible with its joint use as a base for the Fleet Air Arm in Chinese Waters and as a civil air port. Not only will the number of
Fleet Air Arm aircraft based on Kai Tak shortly be almost
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W.1.
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