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No. MUA 10/393/1
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PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT LETTER
To:-
Type 1 +
12)
From
The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec
Douglas-Home, KT., MP.,
House of Commons,
London, S.W. 1.
Secretary of State
Telephone No. & Ext,
Department
In Confidence
Thank you for your letter of 1 April about the
proposed extension to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
I should be very pleased to see you and Anthony Royle,
But without seeking to postpone the occasion
unnecessarily, may I suggest that we do not meet for
this purpose just yet?
One of my reasons for this suggestion is already
known to Anthony Royle. There is a time factor
certainly, but in the words which the Governor himself
used to Legislative Council on 26 February, "Contrary
to general belief a decision (on Kai Tak) can safely
be delayed for another four to five months and perhaps
a little longer" By itself this is not a
compelling reason for deferring our discussion.
But
there are good grounds also in the advanced but not The erasi denetin berry given to the mother by yet final stage reached officialsdealinge.
In
this connection I can assure you that Treasury
consideration of this matter has in fact been active
Luster despatched by Privace Secretary's Dept.
16 APR 1969
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