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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 11 OF 12 DEC 1974.

FOLLOWING FOR DAVIES, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, FROM MACOUN.

YOUR TELNO 26 OF 11 DECEMBER

KONG.

COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, HONG

1. SLEVIN SUGGESTED GRACE AS A GOOD CANDIDATE WITH CONSIDERABLE

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTER-

NATIONAL MEETINGS COMPLETELY. GRACE, AS YOU KNOW, IS A VERY DIFFER- ENT ANIMAL FROM MICHAEL DAVIES WHO, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS HAD RECENT

EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIOAL FIELD WITH UN NARCOTICS DIVISION, GENEVA.

2. CAN ONLY SUGGEST THAT YOU INTERVIEW BOTH DAVIES AND GRACE IN HONG

KONG IN JANUARY AND DECIDE RELATIVE MERITS.

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