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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1099 OF 7 NOVEMBER 1977
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
MY TELNOS 1992, 1093 AND 1094 OF 5 NOV: ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
THIS TELEGRAM OUTLINES THE DEVELOPMENTS SINCE I REPORTED ON THE
EVENING OF 5 NOVEMBER AFTER IT HAD BEEN DECIDED TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A PARTIAL AMNESTY.
2. THE RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT OCCURRED WHEN THE
RANK AND FILE ASSOCIATION WAS MEETING AT BOUNDARY STREET. ABOUT
2,000 RANK AND FILE AND SOME INSPECTORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS,
BOTH LOCAL AND EXPATRIATE WERE PRESENT. THE MEETING WAS BEING
TELEVISED LIVE. THE NEWS OF THE PARTIAL AMNESTY WAS RECEIVED WITH
GREAT JUBILATION BY THE RANK AND FILE AND ESPECIALLY THE
PETITIONERS.
3. SUBSEQUENTLY WHEN THE PRECISE TERMS OF THE PARTIAL AMNESTY WERE EXAMINED BY THE PETITIONERS THEY NOTED THE EXCLUSIONS ETC. THEY QUICKLY PERCEIVED THAT IT WAS THE INTENTION TO PURSUE CRIMINAL
ACTION OR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABOUT 200 PERSONS
AND ALSO IN PARTICULARLY HEINOUS CASES.
4. THE MOOD GRADUALLY CHANGED AND BY EARLY IN THE MORNING OF 6
NOVEMBER A CLOSED DOOR MEETING WAS TAKING PLACE FROM WHICH
EXPATRIATE POLICE OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED BRANCH AND
THOSE WHO HAD JOINED THE FORCE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WERE EXCLUDED.
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