CO129-549-9 Air Ministry- transfer of land for Officer's Mess at Kai Tak 6-6-1934 - 29-12-1934 — Page 31

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Enclosure No.3

स्ट

SECRET.

2nd June, 1934.

Sir,

With reference to your secret letter

No.73/Air of 24th May, 1934, in which you request the

immediate transfer to the Air Ministry on a free basis

of the area required for the Officers' Mess at Kai Tak,

I am directed to invite your attention to my letter No.

4101/33 of 10th August, 1933, setting out the terms on

which this Government is prepared to grant the area in

question to the Royal Air Force.

2.

These terms require to be modified

by the cancellation of condition (e) as it is understood

that the construction of the access road therein des-

cribed will be undertaken by the Royal Air Force and

that the whole cost of construction and maintenance

will be borne by the Air Ministry. The area of the

road up to the point at which access is obtainable to

the new lot should be added to the area shown coloured

red on the plan enclosed with that letter and $4,400 in

respect of capitalized Crown Rent therefor added to the

sum of $36,625 in conditions (a) and (c) making a total

of $41,025. I am to point out in this connection trat

this Government has had to resume for cash certain

privately owned lots in respect of which no refund has

been asked for.

The Officer Commanding,

Royal Air Force Base,

KAI TAK.