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FROM: M V Stone
TQJ
DATE:
17 August 1990
17/3
CC:
Miss Marsden
REQUEST BY THE FOUR POLICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS TO MEET THE
SECRETARY OF STATE
17/viii
1.
Please refer to the attached fax. This appears to be
the top copy
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NOT YET
I have checked with Private Office. The
Police want to talk about improving pay and conditions of service and the present consultative machinery. They ask to meet the Secretary of State or Minister with special responsibility for Hong Kong.
2. I would have thought that this is not an area that HMG would wish to become involved in. While the problems undoubtedly relate ultimately to worries about 1997, pay and conditions of service are entirely a matter for HKG. The consultative machinery also falls into this category.
3.
An outright rejection of their request might, however, not be politic. I suggest we could offer them a meeting with Mr Burns and a comment that Lord Caithness will wish to meet with Civil Service Associations when in Hong Kong and the Police could make their views known then.
4.
this.
Grateful for your advice on how you wish me to pursue
Mühl ustere
M V Stone
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