CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 209

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ate by the soon. The Acty. Col. L'ecly

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Your Excellency,

Real 29 AUG 00.

I fear think the discussion

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whether

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Police.

Officer should be obtained. from India for the strongkong Police - a question which has been decided in the negative-

has

led the Secretary of State- away from the far more importe- point of

the a

necessity of bringing

the Executive Officers of Irtice number adequate

up to

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for efficiency

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I submit that this force

and has been for

great

umber of years, under - Officered.

In other words there is not,

and there has not beer, sufficiens

supervision

of the subordinate

pank..

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