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FM HONG KONG 300300Z
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STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO32
30 OCT1974
NKK 1/3
TO ROUTINE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1073 OF 30 OCTOBER. 1974
FOLLOWING FOR STUART FROM DAVIES.
COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, HONG KONG.
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WE ARE STILL CONSIDERING THIS IMPENDING VACANCY AND SO
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FAR NO VERY OBVIOUS LOCAL CANDIDATE HAS EMERGED. I MENTIONED THE NEED TO FILL THE POST TO MACOUN AND HIS ASSESSMENT OF M DAVIES WAS THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY DO THE JOB COMPETENTLY. MY OWN RESERVATIONS ABOUT DAVIES WERE BASED ON YOUR OWN COMMENTS ON HIM IN YOUR UNREFERENCED LETTER STAFF IN CONFIDENCE ON 8 MARCH.
2. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IF A CANDIDATE FROM OUTSIDE HONG
KONG IS SELECTED IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT HE SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF FITTING QUICKLY INTO THE LOCAL SCENE AND BE READY TO LISTEN
SYMPATHETICALLY TO THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE OF THE AGENCIES INVOLVED. HE WILL ALSO NEED TO ESTABLISH CLOSE AND EFFECTIVE
RELATIONS WITH THESE AGENCIES, EXPECIALLY THE POLICE, AND OBTAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE.
3. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU AND CHAMPION COULD DISCUSS POSSIBLE CANDIDATURE OF DAVIES WITH MACOUN BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FOR HONG KONG AND INDICATE WHETHER DAVIES MAY HAVE
MELLOWED DURING HIS U.N. NARCOTICS ASSIGNMENT, COULD YOU ALSO ASCERTAIN FROM TRAIN WHETHER HE THINKS DAVIES MIGHT BE INTERESTED. THE VACANCY NEEDS FILLING IN FEBRUARY/MARCH.
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