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Mr. Gamenara
17 February, 1970
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promised to write to you about the point you raised in paragraph 4 of your telegram No. 106 about accommodation during the Secretary of State's visit.
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I am afraid that we do really have to have one of the detectives in a room fairly close to the Secretary of State despite the presence of the Royal Hong Kong Police. Firstly, the detectives are under control of the Home Office and they have their strict rules for keeping close to the Secretary of State on all occasions (they travel, for instance, in the front of his car). But the second point is that the two detectives, Inspector Harry Cray and Sergeant Hugh Kennedy, have now been with Mr. and Tirs. Stewart for a long time and the Stewarts like to have them near at hand in case any personal problems crop up. I hope therefore that you can manage to accommodate one detective in Government House. am sure he will quite understand if the room is a modest one.
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From here it is difficult to know what to say about Fanling Lodge. From the point of view of the Home Office rules it would be better if one of the detectives could be accommo- dated somewhere in the house. The Permanent Under Secretary would be happy to stay in long kong and this would seem to be the best solution.
You say in paragraph 3 of your telegram under reference that there would be no difficulty in avoiding the press on arrival. I had not intended to convey that the Secretary of State would wish to avoid them indeed he rather likes to be greeted by journalists when he arrives anywhere and is happy
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Sir David Trench, G.C.M.G., M.C.,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
Hong Kong.
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