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FCO TELEGRAM NO 40: VISIT OF METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS.

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1. THE HOME OFFICE HAVE NOW AGREED WITH SIR R MARK TO RELEASE COMMANDER ANNING FOR A THREE WEEK ADVISORY VISIT IN MARCH/APRIL.

COMMANDER ANNING TOOK PART IN PLANNING THE METROPOLITAN POLICE

COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATION BRANCH AND HAS BEEN HEAD OF THE BRANCH

SINCE ITS INCEPTION TWO YEARS AGO. THE COMMISSIONER HAS SUGGESTED

HOWEVER THAT IT WOULD BE OF BENEFIT TO ALL CONCERNED FOR

COMMANDER ANMING TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER SENIOR METROPOLITAN

POLICE OFFICER WITH SPECIALIST INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE. WE

BELIEVE YOU WILL WELCOME THIS SUGGESTION BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL

FOR CONFIRMATION. GRATEFUL ALSO TO KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY

PREFERENCE FOR THE DATE ON WHICH THE VISIT SHOULD COMMENCE.

2. WE HAVE CONFIRMED TO THE HOME OFFICE THAT ALL TRAVEL AND

ACCOMMODATION COSTS WILL BE MET BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WILL PRESUMABLY BE MADE THROUGH THE HONG

KONG COMMISSION IN LONDON AND IN REPLYING YOU MAY WISH TO INCLUDE

AUTHORITY FOR THIS,

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3. IT IS NORMAL PRACTICE WHENEVER METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICERS

UNDERTAKE OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE SPONSORING DEPARTMENT TO

PROVIDE AN INDEMNITY IN RESPECT OF CLAIMS ARISING FROM PERSONAL

INJURY ETC. INCLUDING INJURY RESULTING IN DEATH, THIS IS IN

ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE POLICE PENSION SCHEME. THIS TYPE

OF INDEMNITY IS GIVEN REGULARLY BY THE D.T.1. AND WAS USED

FAIRLY RECENTLY BY WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION

WITH A VISIT OF 2 POLICE OFFICERS TO THE NETHERLANDS. WE HAVE

THEREFORE PROVIDED THE HOME OFFICE WITH SUCH A FORM OF

INDEMNITY GIVEN ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE EVENT OF A

SPECIAL PENSION BEING PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL INJURY OR

DEATH, THE SUM RECOVERABLE FROM THE FCO WOULD ONLY COVER ANY

AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT OF A SERVICE PENSION. GRATEFUL

FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WOULD COVER THE COSTS OF ANY CLAIMS

WHICH MIGHT ARISE FROM SUCH AN INDEMNITY.

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