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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO 198
TC HONG KONG
19 MARCH 1969
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OUR TELEGRAM NO 172
HONG KONG POLICE AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES
FOLLOWING ARE PROPOSED TEXTS OF ARRANGED PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION AND ARRANGED SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION, WITH ANSWERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT OFFICIAL LEVEL HERE:
QUOTE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LYNCH MAYDON TO ASK THE PRIME MINISTER IF HE WILL CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCORDING TO THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE SOME MARK OF DISTINCTION IN RECOGNITION OF THE LOYAL AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE RENDERED BY THE FORCE OVER THE YEARS?
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DRAFT ANSWER:
QUOTE I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO THE HONOURABLE MEMBER FOR RAISING THIS MATTER WHICH IS ONE WHICH MY MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION WITH THE GOVERNOR. I AM GLAD TO BE ABLE TO INFORM THE HOUSE THAT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO ACCORD THE TITLE QUOTE ROYAL UNQUOTE TO THE HONG KONG POLICE AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES. IN ADDITION, HER ROYAL HIGHNES PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, HAS CONSENTED TO ACCEPT, IN AN HONORARY CAPACITY, THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMANDANT GENERAL OF THE TWO FORCES. UNQUOTE
DRAFT ARRANGED SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION:
QUOTE IS THE PRIME MINISTER AWARE THAT HIS STATEMENT WILL BE RECEIVED WITH MUCH SATISFACTION BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG IN VIEW OF THE HIGH REGARD IN WHICH THOSE FORCES ARE WIDELY HELD?
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