financial settlement as set out in paragraph 3
below which would in their view be a
reasonable and indeed a generous one.
3. The settlement would be as follows:
In the first place
(a)/H.M.G. will not seek any contri-
bution from Hong Kong towards the
cost of the military administration:
(b) H.M.G. will treat as free grants the
advances made prior to and after the
establishment of civil government in
Hong Kong, amounting to £3,250,000
in all, except insofar as that sum
has been used for the purchase of
stores for re-sale which has
resulted in cash receipts by the
Hong Kong Government.
are prepared to
(c) H.M.. fake an interest-free
loan to Hong Kong up to a maximum`
of £3,500,000 to supplement funds
available to Hong Kong for the con- the projectan
struction of /international air-
port at Deep Bay. (For your information
(i) "the funds available to Hong
(include
the sum
Hong" would be/received by
Hong Kong if Kai Tak aerodrome were
sold plus the £500,000 to
4.K.
be met from/loan funds,referred
para 256
to in your despatch No292.
(ii) aux¤¤xunderstandxthay H. M.G.
would require repayment of the
loan in an appreciably shorter
period than the 50 years
suggested by you.)
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The terms of the loan will need to form the subject of further discussions and in particular
/(a) I.m.G.
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