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Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted. Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT
To:-
Lieutenant Commander
S.L.C. Maydon,
D.S.O., D.S.C.,
M.P.,
In Confidence
Type 1 +
From
Prime Minister
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Thank you for your letter of
3 February about the designation of
the Hong Kong Police Force.
I can well understand your feeling
that wheels have not turned as fast as
they might. But I
ад
assure you that
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there have been/difficulties which, happily, have now been resolved.
I am
able to tell you, in strict confidence,
(now)
that we have approached the Palace to
see whether Her Majesty would honour
the Hong Kong Police Force by
designating them the Royal Hong Kong
Police.
I
wile kup
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you