"The probable mving from vátharawing the Hunters alone frankly sema very
získa ať se doing. In additácm to the pointa you mentiom that their withdrawal (vileb would be very obvious as HAF Kai Tak
the sivil sårport in a very wrowded area) would genongtraig to all the Amerkanen) mar innbility to challange intrusion and cat doshta Santion to defend ourselves. A point which has never been mentioned se
mar la the yeonible resation of internatiound air aparators if they Link1. adar Lunera into Kai Tak absolutely without any over. 7 is
o net know what they would think, but I fancy they would not walaume it; and, sa I understand the matter, the popularity of Kai Tak is a valuable bargaining ozunder în sbisizing landing rights für XJAC elsewhere. This aspect is, however, curtainly better assessed in Lamton,“
üne final point. You will be interested to see the Governor's apánion, at the meeting with Lord Mountbatten, that the seonamis inesatives to Chẳng to leave the status que undisturbed sould contime for the next two to three years, perhaps
but that there was no guarantee. I think this is about right. I skall be wiking to you separately about the local Communist view that the present situation would ne survive longer than 10 years.
(J.D. Higham)
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