Registry No.
HKK 14/8
DRAFT LETTER
To:-
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Fop Secret. Secret
Confidential. Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
..In Confidence
F. L. Gregson, Esq.,
10 Downing Street,
S.W.1.
Type 1 +
From
A. D. Brighty
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
was
13
Iwonich
based on the arguements set out in my
you
letter to
ғ
1st January
76.
I am replying to your letter of the 5th
February concerning Lieutenant Commander
Lynch Maydon's enquiries about the title of
the Hong Kong Police.
A submission on this subject was sent
to the Palace on the 6th February. The
submission asked if Her Majesty's wishes on
the following proposals could be informally
ascertained:
(a) that the Hong Kong Police and
auxiliary Police Forces should be
accorded the prefix "Royal" in their
titles. This was coupled with the
proposal
(b) that a member of the Royal Family
should be approached to accept the
appointment in an honorary capacity of
"Commandant General" of the two
Forces.
The reason for putting forward these two
proposals together stems from the fact that the two Forces are made up of both Chinese and
European members. It is thought that the
Chinese members, while not entirely understand-
ing the significance of the prefix "Royal"
would better understand and value the feeling
that a member of the Royal Family had a
personal connection with and interest in
the Forces.
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