27 NOVEMBER 1920 CANTON AND COMMERCIALAVIATION After the end of the present internal war here, Canton will have six aeroplanes ready for commercial purposes. So far no step has been taken to make use of the machines and the number of aviators in Canton. It is not expected, however, that the Government will allow the men connected with the aviation service to be idle after the conflict. (Millard’s Review) 28 NOVEMBER 1920 Regarding the five aerial port lines, it is proposed to start with the Peking-Hankow line as a test. (South China Morning Post) 22 JANUARY 1921 Letter from the Postmaster General, London, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office, London: Sir With reference to your letter of the 4th of this month, No. F 3357/3357/10, transmitting a copy of a despatch from His Majesty’s Representative at Peking, regarding the transport of postal matter by aircraft entering and leaving Chinese territory, I am directed by the Postmaster General to transmit herewith, for the information of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a letter on the subject which has been received from the Postmaster General of Hong Kong, who manages the British Post Office Agencies in China on behalf of this Office. At present Mails are exchanged directly between the Agencies and Hong Kong, and between one Agency and another by the existing means of communication, without the intervention of the Chinese Post Office; and although there may be no immediate question of the transmission of such mails by air, it may be desirable, as the Postmaster General of Hong Kong suggests, to reserve the right of such transmission, particularly if other Countries which maintain Post Office Agencies in China adopt the same attitude. I am, etc., (Sd) F.H.Williamson
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