WIB'L 51-7433

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Registry No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret. Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

..In Confidence

DRAFT

LETTER

Type 1 +

To:-

Lieutenant Colonel the

Right Honourable Sir

(25)

From

Private Secretary

Telephone No. & Ext.

Michael Adeane, B, C.C.B., Department

Buckingham Palace.

K

Hong Kong Police and Auxiliary Police

Forces

I attach a formal submission in respect of

the proposal to accord the title "Royal" to both

Hong Kong Police Forces and for Princess

Alexandra to become honorary "Commandant

General".

The Prime Minister has decided that after

receipt of formal approval from Her Majesty

and from Princess Alexandra, the news should be

released as soon as possible in reply to an arranged Parliamentary Question Co-ordinating

would be made,

arrangements with the Governor of Hong Kong

so that a simultaneous announcement can be

made there. Sir Martin Charteris has advised

over the telephone that you would have no

objection to this being done.

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