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Anod. (20),
My despatch No. 46 of 17th February, 1948.
Police Inspectorate
representations.
Letters in almost identical terms have recently
been sent by several members of the Hong Kong Police
Inspectorate to their M.P.'s on the subject of the
recognition of their previous police service. The
officers concerned are Messrs. M. Saul, R. Brown,
L. Winch and J.D. Brawn.
2.
I attach a copy of the text of their letters and
also copies of the replies which have been sent to the
M.P.'s concerned. I should be grateful for your
observations on the two points which are referred to
in the final paragraph of each of these replies.
3. All four officers attached to their letters to
M.P.'s copies of Colonial Secretary's' letter of 4th
March, 1948 (reference 5/1681/47C), which is based
on terms of my despatch No. 46 of 17th February.
In fact, paragraph 4 of Colonial Secretary's letter,
which deals with pension rights and quoted paragraph
quote
4 of my despatch, does not of course apply to
ex-Metropolitan Police, but only to ex-County and
ex-Borough Police. I note that Saul, Brown and
Winch are ex-Metropolitan Police and, as regards their
pension position, may, therefore, be under some
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