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TO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR TEL NO 26 OF 11 DECEMBER. 1974
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FOLLOWING FOR MACOUN, INSPECTOR GENERAL OF COLONIAL POLICE FROM DAVIES, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.
COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, HONG KONG.
SLEVIN TELLS ME YOU DISCUSSED POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR ABOVE POST WITH HIM AND COMMENTED THAT GRACE WAS IN YOUR OPINION THE BEST CANDIDATE. AFTER MY DISCUSSION WITH YOU IN LONDON WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING CANDIDATURE OF MICHAEL DAVIES AND ARE ARRANGING TO SEE
HIM IN HONG KONG IN JANUARY.
2. IT IS NECESSARY THAT WE REACH AN EARLY DECISION IN FILLING POST WHICH IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ONE IN CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH NEW INITIATIVES OVER ADDICTION TREATMENT. 3. COULD YOU PLEASE LET ME HAVE YOUR VIEWS ON THE RELATIVE MERITS · OF GRACE AND DAVIES AND WHOM YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BETTER
CANDIDATE.
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