CO129-560-2 Air Ministry- requirements of land at Kai Tak Aerodromes 8-1-1937 - 5-2-1938 — Page 44

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for this co-operation to continue.

however,

The requirements of the Royal Air Force

have raised new questions, and it is inevitable,

in the Concumstances of thing Kong, that suit the sites for recotones ere,

that suitable sites for aerodrones are by their

very nature, the most difficult to find, and in any

central district the most valuable, in the

ei reums tamo

Nevertheless,

of Hong Kong./I do not doubt

agreed, not only by yourself

that it will t

hat by the leaders of the unofficial community,

however, that you will agree that it is desirable

that a Colony, which, like Hong Kong, is at the

same time a most important fortress, should render

all

y possible assistance to H.M.G. in their effort

to meet the needs of the new arm of Air defence,

and that the very heavy financial burden borne by

H.M.G. in present circumstances throughout the

Empire for this purpose should be alleviated as far

as possible by any local concessions which the

Colonial Government is able to afford.

34. At present I understand that the

Air Ministry is required

to pay to the

Colonial Government for the user of the site

the costs of formation and resumption and a

consolidated payment of 25 years' Crown rent.

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