CONFIDENT IAL
DEAL WITH POINTS IN THE STATEMENT REGARDING THE PARTIAL AMNESTY
ANDARTICULARLY TO DEFINE WHAT WAS MEANT BY THOSE WHO HAD BEEN
ERVIEWED''. THE INTENTION WAS TO BRIEF SUPERINTENDENTS ON
THE LINE TO TAKE WITH THE RANK AND FILE.
13. AT THESE TWO MEETINGS WHICH INVOLVED ABOUT 60 AND 70
GAZETTED OFFICERS AT EACH, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS COMPLETE UNITY OF PURPOSE THROUGHOUT THE FORCE
TO TRY TO SECURE AN EXTENSION OF THE TERMS OF THE AMNESTY.
WHILST THE GAZETTED OFFICERS REMAINED LOYAL TO THE FORCE AND WOULD
CARRY OUT THEIR ORDERS THEY SYMPATHISED DEEPLY WITH THE WIDESPREAD
BELIEF WHICH EXISTED THROUGHOUT THE FORCE THAT THE ICAC METHODS WERE IMPROPER, ILLEGAL, IMMORAL AND UNFAIR.
14. THE SUPERINTENDENTS REPORTED THAT THE PETITIONERS ARE NOW
FIRMLY REGARDED BY THE RANK AND FILE AS HEROES. THEY HAD ACHIEVED A MAJOR CONCESSION AND SO DESERVED THE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THE RANK AND FILE. THEY TOO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE AMNESTY.
15. THE ASSESSMENT REPORTED BY THE GAZETTED OFFICERS WAS THAT IN THEIR VIEW IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO TRY TO MEET THIS DEMAND IN PART AT LEAST OTHERWISE THE SITUATION WOULD ESCALATE. THEY WERE AFRAID THAT THERE WOULD THEN BE NO EFFECTIVE POLICE FORCE
TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER.
16.
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IS MEETING THE 3 CHAIRMEN
OF THE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOR ASSOCIATION TODAY. THE OUTCOME IS TO BE REPORTED BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO A MEETING OF THE RANK AND FILE TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING. THEY WILL THEN DECIDE ON THE COURSE OF ACTION. IF THEY ARE NOT SATISIFIED THEN A MARCH TO POLICE HQ AND GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE.
17. THIS SITUATION WAS CONSIDERED EARLY ON THE 7 TH NOVEMBER AT A MEETING CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY. THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS WERE ARRIVED AT SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE GOVERNOR AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE OVERALL SITUATION WITH UMELCO:
-3- CONFIDENTIAL
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