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FCO TELEGRAM NO 40: VISIT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS.
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1. THE HOME OFFICE HAVE NOW AGREED WITH SIR R MARK TO RELEASE COMMANDER ANNING FOR A THREE WEEK ADVISORY VISIT IN MARCH/APRIL.
COMMANDER ANNING TOOK PART IN PLANNING THE METROPOLITAN POLICE
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATION BRANCH AND HAS BEEN HEAD OF THE BRANCH
SINCE ITS INCEPTION TWO YEARS AGO. THE COMMISSIONER HAS SUGGESTED
HOWEVER THAT IT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO ALL CONCERNED FOR
COMMANDER ANMING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER SENIOR METROPOLITAN
POLICE OFFICER WITH SPECIALIST INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE. WE
BELIEVE YOU WILL WELCOME THIS SUGGESTION BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL
FOR CONFIRMATION. GRATEFUL ALSO TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY
PREFERENCE FOR THE DATE ON WHICH THE VISIT SHOULD COMMENCE.
2. WE HAVE CONFIRMED TO THE HOME OFFICE THAT ALL TRAVEL AND
ACCOMMODATION COSTS WILL BE MET BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WILL PRESUMABLY BE MADE THROUGH THE HONG
KONG COMMISSION IN LONDON AND IN REPLYING YOU MAY WISH TO INCLUDE
AUTHORITY FOR THIS,
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3. IT IS NORMAL PRACTICE WHENEVER METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS
UNDERTAKE OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE SPONSORING DEPARTMENT TO
PROVIDE AN INDEMNITY IN RESPECT OF CLAIMS ARISING FROM PERSONAL
INJURY ETC. INCLUDING INJURY RESULTING IN DEATH, THIS IS IN
ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE PENSION SCHEME. THIS TYPE
OF INDEMNITY IS GIVEN REGULARLY BY THE D.T.1. AND WAS USED
FAIRLY RECENTLY BY WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION
WITH A VISIT OF 2 POLICE OFFICERS TO THE NETHERLANDS. WE HAVE
THEREFORE PROVIDED THE HOME OFFICE WITH SUCH A FORM OF
INDEMNITY GIVEN ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE EVENT OF A
SPECIAL PENSION BEING PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL INJURY OR
DEATH, THE SUM RECOVERABLE FROM THE FCO WOULD ONLY COVER ANY
AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OF A SERVICE PENSION. GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD COVER THE COSTS OF ANY CLAIMS
WHICH MIGHT ARISE FROM SUCH AN INDEMNITY.
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