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P V Collier Esq QPM

Deputy Assistant Commissioner

Personnel and Training

New Scotland Yard Broadway

London SW1

6 April 1971

I think the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have been in touch with you about briefing me on police administration before I go to Hong Kong as Governor, and that you were kind enough to offer to help.

Ideally I would like to take this in two stages:-

a.

b.

In the second half of June or first half of July - a general briefing on how things are managed in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

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Second half of July or early August and look at how things are managed in one or two places comparable to Hong Kong.

I shall be in London on 3 and 4 May and it would be most useful if I could call briefly on you to discuss what might be done under a. and where you advise I should go for b.

I am anxious not to cause anyone unnecessary trouble over this. There are a considerable number of fields, other than police work, that I will be tackling in a similar way and it will not be possible to spend much time on any one. The object will be limited to gaining a nodding acquaintance with the subject sufficient to enable me to understand what the experts tell me once I get to Hong Kong, and also to have a slight comparative experience. Indeed I feel some diffidence in approaching you, when I need only such superficial instruction. I would nevertheless be most grateful for your help.

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