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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
DRAFT
LETTER
To:-
P. Gregson, Esq.,
Type 1 +
From
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Mr. A. D. Brighty
Telephone No. & Ext.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
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..In Confidence
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Letter expatched to
Osivats
- 1 ... 1969
10, Downing Street,
London, S.W. 1.
I list wroth to
you
Department
Please refer to my letter of 24 February about the
in 24 Romany Hong Kong Police Force We have obtained the
1
necessary formal approval from Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace and the way is now clear for
arrangements to be made for a Question to be put down by Commander Maydon in accordance with the Prime Minister's decision mentioned in paragraph 2 of your letter of 17 February.
(a)
I am accordingly enclosing :
the drafts of an arranged Question and
Supplementary Question, together with suggested Answers;
(b) Notes for Supplementary Questions;
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(c)
a Background Note.
The drafts at (a) above have been cleared with the Governor of Hong Kong.
We are advised that the proposed substantive Answer is somewhat longer than, is usual
henee the is theritive witho arranged Supplementary Question (to introduce a note of congratulation in an otherwise bald narrative.
But we think that the Answer to the arranged Supplementary Question would look much better ted
O at the end of the substantive Answer a if
considerations of length are not overriding, would
Main
taker
you
prefer to see this done, do not think this arabes. Vi too long.
Araw
I should, I think, specifically invite your
attention to the lamentable Granada Television
programme referred to in paragraph (c) of the Back- ground Note and to Hong Kong telegrams Nos. 233 and 252 (copies attached). We have naturally felt some concern that, as a result of this programme,
/H.M. The Queen's