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Mr Hart, New Dept
ED IN RY No. 51
OCT1973
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TO IMMEDIATE VALETTA TELNO 3 OF 17TH OCTOBER, 1973, INFO ROUTINE
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F.C.0. TELNO 1928 PARA, 2: PRENDERGAST,
PLEASE TELL PRENDERGAST THAT I WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE
IN A SPEECH AT 0700 GHT TODAY :-
''WE ARE APPOINTING IMMEDIATELY MR, JOHN PRENDERGAST TO BE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. HIS RECORD AS A POLICEMAN IS ONE OF UNBROKEN SUCCESS IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, AND HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF EXPERIENCE OF HONG KONG BETWEEN 1960 AND 1966 AS DIRECTOR OF
SPECIAL BRANCH. IN DUE COURSE WE WILL BE APPOINTING ONE OR TWO MORE FROM UNITED KINGDOM POLICE FORCES, AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, WITH SPECIAL EXPERIENCE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION WORK ''
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HE MAY BE CONTACTED BY HONG KONG PRESS, IF SO I SUGGEST HE TAKES THE LINE THAT HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING BIN HONG KONG AGAIN, TO FACING THIS NEW CHALLENGE, AND TO WORKING WITH JACK CATER,
BUT ODVIOUSLY CANNOT COMMENT ON THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS INVOLVED UNTIL HE IS IN THE SADDLE.
3.
IF ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE SEPARATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION WORK
FROM THE POLICE AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH HE PROPOSES TO USE POLICE-
MEN IN HIS UNIT, I SUGGEST HE SAYS THAT HE FEELS SURE HE CAN COUNT
ON THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE POLICE. SELECTION OF PERSONNEL IS A
MATTER ON WHICH HE CANNOT COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
PLEASE TELL HIM HOW DELIGHTED I AM PERSONALLY THAT HE 10
COMING.
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