CYPHER/CAT A
SECRET
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TO HONG KONG
(D.T.D.)
TEL 2261
SECRET.
6 NOVEMBER, 1967
(HWB.14/31)
30,
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1340
32
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
WE ARE ASSUMING THAT TYRER HAS ACCEPTED POSITION OF VOLUNTARY
RETIREMENT. HE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN IN THIS OFFICE SINCE 25 SEPTEMBER AND HAS NOT SOUGHT SECOND INTERVIEW WITH MINISTER. WE UNDERSTAND HIS LEAVE EXPIRES ON 1 DECEMBER.
2.
IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN VIEW OF APPROVAL OF PROMOTIONS TO POSTS OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, WE SEE NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENT OF EATES'S AND OTHER PROMOTIONS.
CROSEC
FILES
HONG KONG DEPT.
SIR A. GLASWORTHY
OVERSEAS POLICE ADVISER
AM
SECRET
LASY PAPER.
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