TNAG-0294-FCO40-330-Recruitment-of-officers-from-other-countries-by-Government-o-1971 — Page 9

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JC Macrae Esq

Central and Southern African Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

LONDON SW1

Jan John,

RECRUITMENT OF INSPECTORS OF FOLICE FOR HONG KONG

1. The Governor of Hong Kong has sent us a copy of his Saving Despatch number CR 5/1682/70 of 19 August requesting comments on a proposal to advertise police vacancies in the Southern African and, if possible, the Rhodesian press.

2. I am in no position to comment on the political aspects of recruiting in Rhodesia. In practical terms I doubt whether the proposal is manageable. For political reasons the Hong Kong Government would presumably have to employ a South African agent and have those Rhodesians who answered their advertisement interviewed in South Africa. The recruits would then quite possibly attract attention from the Rhodesian Security Police who might give them or their families a difficult time.

3. I see no difficulty about recruitment by advertisement in

outh Africa provided that the Hong Kong Government are prepared to use an agent such as the three suggested in my letter to Pugh, ECOC 5/16 of 6 January last year for the purpose. Equally I would see no objection to the Hong Kong Government, when advertis- ing here, stipulating the possession of a UK Passport as a qualification for appointment.

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