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one occasion been offered a $500 bribe in the name
of a superior officer. He thought such an incident
fully justified an inquiry. Who knew how many other
people had been offered such bribes and had accepted
them? This was why he wanted an outside inquiry
morale of the Force needed it. Mr Royle said that
an external inquiry would be very bad indeed for
¡ morale.
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Mr Ellis mentioned that Lord Develin had in
1958 undertaken an inquiry into Police affairs in Nyasaland and had revealed a massacre plot. Mr Royle
did not think this was a comparable situation.
Mr Ellis said that many people, including Mrs Elsie Elliott, had expressed their lack of confidence in the Hong Kong Police and wild the Hong Kong Government.
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4. Mr Royle mentioned that there were several ways of dealing with grievances in Hong Kong which had been instituted in recent years
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these included the
City District Officer scheme, approaches to members
of the Urban Council, and the UMELCO Office. In
addition the Governor could receive petitions.
5. Mr Ellis said that he had lived for 5 years in
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Hong Kong and knew it well. He did not think that
an Inspector General of Colonial Police could make a
full assessment of the situation on a brief visit.
Mr Royle said that the Inspector General would of
course approach the situation with a fresh mind and
know exactly what to look for. He would ask the Inspector General to look through Mr Ellis' papers
to see if he will find anything which thoedd be forventy five personally Mr Ellis agreed that this would be useful and asked that the Inspector General should consider whether the 1963 and 1965 inquiries could
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