CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1551
OF 20110OZ AUGUST 90
CONFIDENTIAL
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PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM PAUL,
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POLICE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
1. AS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM THE HONG KONG PRESS, THE FOUR POLICE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE NOW WRITTEN TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE SEEKING A MEETING WITH EITHER THE SECRETARY OF STATE OR LORD CAITHNESS IN LONDON BETWEEN 28 AUGUST AND 6 SEPTEMBER. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE PROPOSE TO OFFER THEIR REPRESENTATIVES A MEETING WITH ANDREW BURNS, ADDING THAT LORD CAITHNESS WOULD HOPE TO MEET THE CIVIL SERVICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS DURING HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT, AT WHICH THE POLICE CAN PUT THEIR VIEWS. SUCH A MEETING WOULD THEN NEED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE
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2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE CURRENT STATE OF POLICE MORALE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTION IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVED TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE. SEEN FROM HERE, THE SITUATION IS LOOKING POTENTIALLY QUITE SERIOUS. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, IN ADVANCE OF ANY MEETING WITH THEM, WHAT THEIR MAIN GRIEVANCES ARE AND TO HAVE A LINE TO TAKE.
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