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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 383 OF 29 MARCH 1978
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (PERSONAL FOR COMMISSIONER)
FOLLOWING FOR STEWART HKGD.
MY TELNO 371: YAUMATE.
LADVANCES AS REQUESTED I
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A NGETING WAS HELD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE THIS MORNING TO CONSIDER A SPECIAL BRANCH ASSESSMENT OF THE LIKELY REACTIONS TO OUR PLAN FOR DEALING WITH THE YAUMATE! CASE. A COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT
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2. IN ORDER TO MITIGATE SOME TO THE POSSIBLE PROBLEMS FORESEEN IN THAT ASSESSMENT, WE ARE NOW PROPOSING TO MAKE TWO CHANGES TO
THE ORIGINAL PLAN:-
A. INSTEAD OF BEING RETIRED INSTANTLY, THOSE DEALT WITH UNDER CR 55 WILL BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE TO BE RETIRED FOLLOWING A PERIOD
OF NOTICE (THE EXACT LENGTH OF WHICH IS STILL TO BE DECIDED BUT WILL PROBABLY BE ONE MONTH). WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HELP TO CUSHION THE SHOCK FOR THOSE SUFFERING COMPULSORY RETIREMENT AND APPEAR TO THE PUBLIC AS BEING MORE **FAIR, FOR BOTH REASONS IT WILL REDUCE THE RISK OF HOSTILE REACTIONS. IT WILL HAVE
THE ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE OF KEEPING UNDER DISCIPLINE SOME OF THOSE MOST LIKELY TO REACT IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF D-DAY, SHOULD THEY CONTEMPLATE MAKING TROUBLE THEY WILL RISK LOSING THEIR PENSION RIGHTS. UNDER THE ORIGINAL PLAN WE WOULD HAVE RETAINED NO LEVERAGE OVER THOSE RETIRED SINCE THEIR PENSIONS WOULD HAVE DEEN GRANTED AND COULD ONLY BE REMOVED FOLLOWING COURT-IMPOSED SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT.