CO129-612-1 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 21-1-1947 - 17-2-1948 — Page 82

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of the Pre-Ward

Officers, and have their full support in this

matter, so much so, that I was elected Chairman of a newly

created European Inspectors' Association which has for its

ains the welfare in general of all European Police Officers.

This Association has full recognition by the Hong Kong

Government.

I might mention that when we Pre-War Officers

met to discuss and prepare a reply to the Memorandum

at Α

it was decided that before submitting our reply, that it be

placed in the hands of a solicitor with a view to having his

opinion, mainly to see if the points of law and regulations

were correctly interpreted by us. In consequence of this I

saw the Hon. Mr. M.M.WATSON reference in my minute to

Commissioner of Police at '', who, after perusal informed

me that we had correctly interpreted the sad points.

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said

On behalf of all Pre-War Officers our main

complaint is that the assurances given to us by the then

Secretary of State Mr. G.H.HALL (now Viscount HALL?) have

not been fulfilled, nor is there any indication that such

is ever likely to take place.

These assurances are contained in a circular

letter at

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F 8*

which each Pre-War Officer received on

his arrival in the United Kingdom from Internment at the

conclusion of the Pacific War.

Further assurances are contained in 'F 9 (a)',

also at F 9 (b) is a reference to "Promotion Board"

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which were contained in our reply to the Memorandum at 'A'

To F 9 (b) (c), I will later make further

reference.

With regard to 'F 11', the Commissioner of

Police informed me verbally that the Executive Council knew

nothing about such an order as is found in F 9 (b), and

'F

that he was forthwith cancelling Special Memo No. 50 of 1941

which he proceeded to do as in extract from Hong Kong Police

General Orders at F 9 (c)'.

At all times.

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