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citizenship for the State of Singapore, but this,

of courno, was a spacial and unusual situation with Singapore poised for severance of the remaining ties with Britain). Becauso separate citizenship is so closely associated with indopendence it could not be introduced in Hong Kong.

(d) Mrs. Mliott (possibly supported by Dr. Boll, who is a

woman) nay raise the question of exfossive use of force

and illegal acts by the Police. Thore will bo a violent cleavage of views on this topic among unofficial members, the groat, majority being clearly out of sympathy with Mrs. Mliott. Our view is that the Minister must firmly re-state (as Sir Arthur Galsworthy did in a similar situation last May) his view that the Police have ectod

throughout with groat rostraint. Ho might say that no Polico. Forco is entirely without blemish and that the

machinery exists in the disciplinary procedures of the

Force and in the Courts to check the misbehaviour of a

fow black sheep.

Hong Kong Department,

Octobor, 1967.

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