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Mr Youde

Yoye

PS/Lord Goronwy Roberts

MP's LETTER: MR ALAN ELLIS

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PROBLEM

1. Sir Anthony Royle MP has written to Miss Lestor

enclosing a letter from his constituent Mr Alan Ellis.

BACKGROUND

2. There has been a long history of representations

from Mr Ellis, a former Inspector in the Royal Hong

Kong Police Force. Mr Ellis's probationary appointment

was terminated in July 1963 on the grounds of

temperamental unsuitability. Mr Ellis complained of

unfair treatment and wrongful dismissal. He made

a series of representations to various Ministers

between 1963 and 1966. There were full investigations

in Hong Kong, which did not find any of Mr Ellis's

allegations proven. For a period thereafter he

stopped writing to Ministers until 1971 when he

became a constituent of (the then) Mr Royle.

3. Over the past two years Sir Anthony Royle has

had a lengthy correspondence with Mr Ellis in an

attempt to answer all his questions and allegations

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