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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.117 OF 27 JANUARY 78,
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FOLLOWING FOR STEWART, HKGD.
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4)MY TELNO.113 JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (JPOA).
1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SPOKE AS AGREED LAST NIGHT
TO CHUNG AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JPOA, HE TOLD THEM THAT THEY
WERE TREADING ON DANGEROUS GROUND AND REMINDED THEM THAT THEY WERE
MEMBERS OF A DISCIPLINED FORCE. FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, IN AN ATMOSPHERE WHICH WAS AT FIRST UNCO-OPERATIVE, THE JPOA AGREED THAT THE 17 MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WOULD RESUME THEIR
POSTS AND THAT ELECTIONS FOR THE NEW COMMITTEE WOULD GO AHEAD. NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND A NEW TIMETABLE IS BEING DRAWN
UP WHICH SHOULD ENABLE THE ELECTION RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY
MID-FEBRUARY.
3. THE IMMEDIATE SITUATION IS THUS CALMER, ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR TROUBLE REMAINS. WE MUST NOW HOPE THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL BE COMPLETED WITHOUT INTERRUPTION SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST DEAL WITH
A COHERENT AND PROPERLY CONSTITUTED BODY. FURTHER DETAILS ON PLANS FOR THE FUTURE FOLLOW BY BAG.
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