CO129-553-9 Empire Air Mail Services- participation of Hong Kong in proposed development 11-3-1935 - 21-5-1935 — Page 5

entinly upper with the liject in view

viz. to

mediu

He Total

cost to Hay Kay of

raleidy of

£5000

Beat I should prefer to attain it by

telling A.M. that'

>

Hay Kay hear to bay 20%

military contribution,

Perhaps we could

fic

a sound figure

of it expenditum

peopen to limit the subidy to £4167

>

which,

with the resultant military contribution, will mak

& not be anithmetically was a

precise.

Koel

Say ₤4000

ま

T. If the Colony

wter $5000, the

dedentin 720 Defence Gintambition

';

the Air M

Scheme

ing

for

But of they vote £5000, only pay £ 4000 & A/M

-how

of the criance ve described or accomsed

* Re fo

tatel of £5000

Then we

can leave

+

A.M. W.o.

to fight

another of ₤833.

7.V. Veran

22.3.35

I agree with Ir Vernon. It is no good e

carrying on a debating society argument with

the War Office. Hong Kong can contribute

what the Colonial Government and the .of S.

think fit. It would, I think, be very sharp

practice to require Hong Kong, merely because

it is one athe of the limited number of

Colonies which pay military contribution,

to pay 20 more than another Colony in

of ierwise similar circumstances would be

asked to pay as a subsidy to the air service.

4. R. Cowell

23.

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at once

Draft for

conson with. I have added

a

paragraph

to

say copies

we

wae done

being sent to Treasury and w.o.,

with 4 on 33861/24, for A.D. and

Treas

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