CYPHER/CATA
IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 303
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
17 APRIL 1969
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YOUR TELEGRAM 242: HONG KONG POLICE AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND THE COMMANDANT OF THE HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAVE ASKED ME TO CONVEY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE TO YOU FOR SUBMISSION TO H.M. THE QUEEN AND H.R.H. THE
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.
BEGINS 'WE ARE DEEPLY CONSCIOUS OF THE SIGNAL HONOUR THAT HAS BEEN CONFERRED UPON THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND THE HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE BY HER MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS ACT HI ACCORDING TO BOTH FORCES THE TITLE ROYAL, AND BY THE ACCEPTANCE RY H.R.H PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF THE APPOINTMENT, IN AN HONORARY
COMMANDANT GENERAL OF BOTH FORCES.
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ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF BOTH FORCES WE RESPECTFULLY TENDER TO HER MAJESTY AND TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR HUMBLE DUTY AND OUR MOST GRATEFUL THANKS FOR THESE MARKS OF
DISTINCTION WHICH WILL BE FOR BOTH FORCES A SOURCE OF GREAT ENCOUR-
AGEMENT AND PRIDE TO ALL RANKS'.
SIR D. TRENCH
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