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DEREK DAVIS
PAG
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Hong Kong Commission.
Report 750809
handwritten letter and an envelope, by messenger from the
Instructing Solicitors, on 29th August. This letter was
returned with the above bundle of original documents
Mr. Chan, by my messenger, on 2nd September.
to
1 later received, at my request, a Metropolitan Police, London, declaration form dated 29th December 1976 containing
a signature; a handwritten and signed letter to the
Appointments Officer, Metropolitan Police, London, dated
9.2.77; a signed 'declaration of no convictions' dated
17.2.77 and a handwritten, signed letter to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, London, dated 16.7.77, all in
the name of John Maclennan. The originals of these
documents were released to Senior Superintendent R.C.
Lidster of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force by Superintendent William Taylor, Staff Officer to the
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London, for my
examination and they are held to the order of the Metropolitan Police, to be returned via Mr. Lidster at such time as the Commission completes its enquiries.
these documents in my possession.
have
Preliminary Examination
1 read each of the statements, reports and transcripts and examined the photographs supplied. 1 then perused the original documents handed to me.
After a preliminary examination of the material I decided that it was insufficient for the purpose of my examination
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