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otobor 14 tit,
colonel Knox*
Too s.ofce to o» last «m>: of tho
laportanee «hlob tha • alta:  totes ovarosant attachad
«o work being otorted on the Homo reeently transferred
to the United  tttM so soon so gssstbls.   i hare now
consulted ny j i i     Ill end I «n authorised to ate to
that subject to tho consent of the local oorawn f
they ara agreeable to tha  oitofl  tates starting wor* /
•t any baao aa soon as tha alto baa boon MMjj »*on I
betwee.t tha United   tatoa OatwM> I tha Srttlsh |
Oswsrreeent ana *» lose! authorities,    it la clsar     A '
that in a fluabsr of pianos a food dsal sore discusaioa
•ill ba nsessaory bofora the proclao location can ba
defined and serosa to.    indeed it la certain that tha
final ooavlaUoo of tha loaaoa carrot bo offoctad far
eeweral aonthe at tha earliest. If only beeauae, aa X
told Ml MB and MeMM Oreonslads, tha completion
of tho lonaaa «auat ba effoetad In Konfton shore both tot
dotallod infor atloa sns tho ultbssts authority la Mgord
to tho 'colonico we alono concentrated.    Bat siroedy
it would appear to ba olaar that there Is
«*nt in ?>evfouadland that tno *nn naval
air station ahouM ba at 'jr&ratla near ~1 annual ¦ j
there atonic ba a s ail naval baoc and eray barraeke at
E| Ma Mat** Mt a eupyly and training baao ot uventls. ,j
tha Honourable nsbJ—V
The ¦•?cretary of lha S*vy»
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ij«i9 tiierofboe, to final r wiTlr wtion that
la ai^mt on thTDC arm* and V> tho   ittt-v t&toa
li v ftr m yooeible. to uw local labour,
there eon be begun at arv ttoe.
In the eeee of MiuiOa It la clear that
no work can be undartafcca until after Adalral oeweaelade'e
farther wloit to the Colony,      *»a*>ae set forth in
ay letter of to«4ay*e elate.    Xn 1Mb oaee elao, the
IJ«*uuda t^trment attoehee the greatest ia^ortanee
to the e^loyoant ee far ee poeelble of local labour.
In the eeae of the Caribbean lo
preliminary aervey eeerao to ohow that no inaupere&le
difficulties in the way of esreaaent on the aitea
>ced la likely to erlee
ttattere of aetall to be
eibjoet to final a^reenent9 it wvulrt n   mr to be
pBOBiblo for the   nitod   tetea to begin conetruction
work in the fairly near future* alao on tia undcratanA*
ing that m far aa poaaible it will « *>loy local labour,
ttocre la eleo the -uoetion of tr* fom of laooc. Z
think I o*sfct to any that 2 an pretty certain that the
you *owod cm the other toy will net
It
in the onshore of
It tm juite one-aided and would allow the united fcatee
aovermaeixt to arret ee any kind of right in any port of
aertanda provided it eould be brought under the toadl*
of tailltcry eontrol or operations, and «Oa at the eole
diaeratioo of the United   tetea orgntr-nt.
yaraanal/
poro-jnai opinion at an? vnte thin would girts, rim
to an infinite ruixw of loenliatie dinput©o if not
to litigation bctwn our two entries.     2 m •«
the shorter at* attapler the 1mm can be aaAe the mm
likely are thine© to so fcwMMteMly, tawing tie aeny
minor detailed loeuee which are bound to arte* between
two countrUe encatine to live aide by aide in tte mi
ialand to bo loft to oomm eenee odjuvtoec* between
th« reepeetlve author!t tee on the epot, with prowinion
for aettlo.-imt by >ur t«> reelect !to neeretoriM of
ntete whore difrioulUee orioe.
1 tope therefore it will be Mtleffectory
to yw that wherever agMwMnt ie reaehod m to the
el tea* your I vorswnt efeauld b« free to bests work
without veltine *>r the fined leaMo to be completed*
Me only roMrvetion X efeflild hern to oake la that
Mara it should boeaie rxsnmtMFy to dleplaM private
iatereote Mm ahould be nn^MUff within rMwoneble
tiM Md if naeeeeery without waitinc for the eeapletlM
of the leaaee.     1 2 aa fUrthar ins true ted by ay Ooeecn
uent to etc that they hope it will be poealble for the ,
united   totes .'jovomaent to allow SrltlM or  * Union
firm© of repute to tender for e:#*e of tha aortc eoncerned*
Uhorc ere aaay flrae of iaternatioMl repute i euch m
John roc toon, .eulinso oi*2 >there, who would bo papered
to cooperate for building end wh'joa prioeo pnfl IwjNMM*
ahip would probably eoopare wall with tha boot fixue in
the anted   totea of xaerlee*