secure his conviction in a court of law. (N.B. Our legal advisers are in no doubt whatever that this is, in fact, the case). (b) That he has had to bear in mind that the
proceedings against Chu were disciplinary rather than judicial in character; that
the procedure under which the enquiry was held was designed to meet the needs of a
disciplined body of men; and that he has
been compelled to view the case against the
particularly sensitive background of the Hong Kong Special Branch, all members of which (and especially a Sergeant of Chu's service and experience) must be comparable
to Caesar's wife in their trustworthiness and
freedom from suspicion. There could be no question of retaining in the Special Branch
or of transferring to any other branch any
member who had the slightest taint of suspicion attached to him.·
(c) That this case occurred at a time when there
was a very large influx of refugees from communist China into Hong Kong and the
Special Branch needed to be particularly
careful and discreet in their contacts with
the K.M.T.
(a) That the authorities who were concerned in
this case in 1962 (i.e. the Governor and the Commissioner of Police) are no longer in
Hong Kong; nevertheless both they and the present incumbents of those posts have been completely satisfied that no injustice has
been done and that Chu was correctly
dismissed after being found guilty of
certain of the charges brought against him.
"(8430) Dd.033246 600m 9/66 G.W.B Ltd. Gp 863
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