views expressed by the Parliamentary Commissioner
in the course of them. It was agreed between the
Department and the Office of the Parliamentary
The attached
Commissioner that reply should be sent by the
latter to Justice, s Which is attaine
Commisjoner had exp geged the views attributed to
and that
him and
Was perpared to enter into
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Con declining to enter into fresh on defey in the subdet.
subje
It appears that the present situation has almost
certainly resulted from a mis tunderstanding pince the
5 had with
Head of the Hong Kong Department, who saw the Governor immediately after his talk with the Ombudsman,
immediately before the latter's departure for Hong-
Kong on 12 December, recalls that Sir David Trench
Six Edmand
was quite explicit in telling him that the Farliamente
ary Commissioner had agreed to his views being quoted
by the Governor on the latter's arrival back in Hong
Kong The Secretary to the Parliamentary Commissioner
of this conversation
has been informed accordingly.
Commessioner
The Parliamentary has not asked the Department
to take any further action in the matter but the
Minister should be aware of the position in view of
the continuing interest which has been shown by
regarding
Justice on the subject of the appointment of an
Ombudsman in Hong Kong.
In a discussion
mentioned to me
The brak
he
preposed
To make
f
VIEWS
The Parliamentary Commissioner's
he would be making
in statements
on return to Hong Kong, I asked him Whether Sus Edmund had agreed to his views being quoted and was informed that this had been discussed and agreed.
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