OCMIAN 8910
CONFIDENTIAL
00 PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
091530Z JUL
GRS 500
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 100100Z HONG KONG
TELNO 1396
OF 091530Z JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PA 382/2
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YOUR TELNO 2157 AND PEKING TELNO 1195: JLG IV: LOCALISATION OF
POLICE FORCE
1.
THANK YOU FOR THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE IN TUR. WE AGREE
WITH PEKING'S COMMENTS IN THEIR TUR. WE WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS BE MADE IN YOUR DRAFT:
(A)
PARA 4: WE FEEL THAT TO MEET ANY CHINESE SENSITIVITES
THERE WOULD BE MERIT IN OUR PRESENTING OUR TARGETS FOR THE YEAR
2000 AS A HKG PLANNING ASSUMPTION RATHER THAN A HARD AND FAST
A IM.
PARAS 4-5 MIGHT THEREFORE BE AMENDED TO READ: 'HKG WILL A IM
TO ACHIEVE A LOCAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND AT LEAST ONE LOCAL
AND AT LEAST ONE EXPATRIATE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE IN
1995, AND LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD WE ENVISAGE THAT BY THE YEAR 2000
THE PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS IN THE FAZETTED OFFICER RANKS
MIGHT BE HIGHER THAN THE PROPORTION OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS. THIS
PROCESS WILL BE ACHIEVED' ETC.
(B) PARA 6: WE NOTE THAT YOU PLACE COMPULSORY RETIREMENT
ABOVE SUPERSESSION FOR PROMOTION IN TERMS OF YOUR PRIORITIES FOR
POSSIBLE MEANS OF ADVANCING SUITABLE LOCAL OFFICERS. WE FEEL IT
MIGHT BE ARGUED THAT IT IS LESS DRASTIC, AND LESS DISRUPTIVE IN
MORALE TERMS, TO SUPERSEDE AN OFFICER AND COMPENSATE HIM FOR LOSS
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