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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.0 TEL NO.1108 OF 8 NOVEMBER,

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNOS.1899, 1100 AND 1105: ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.

1. YESTERDAY PROVED A TURNING POINT.

2. THE AGREEMENT REACHED BY THE D.C.P WITH THE PEPRESENTATIVES

OF THE THREE POLICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS AND THE PREPARATORY

COMMITTEE OF THE PROPOSED JUNIOR POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

WAS ENDORSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP. FOLLOWING FURTHER MEETINGS

OF THE LOCAL INSPECTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE JUNIOR POLICE

OFFICERS ASSOCIATION A MASS MEETING WHICH WAS PLANNED TO BE

HELD THIS EVENING WAS CANCELLED. IT WAS ALSO DECIDED THERE

WOULD BE NO MORE MARCHES.

3. UNQUALIFIED PUBLIC SUPPORT AT ALL LEVELS FOR THE STAND TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENT TO THE POLICE ORDINANCE, UNDERLINED TO THE DISSIDENTS THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC HAD NO SYMPATHY FOR THEM.

4. POLICE OPERATIONS ARE NOW BACK TO NORMAL AND THERE IS A

MUCH MORE HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE.

3. DESPITE THIS CHANGE, THERE IS A DANGER OF RELAPSE. THERE ARE STILL 200 POLICE OFFICERS UNDER INTERDICTION, AND MEETINGS OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE EXPATRIATE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATIONS ARE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE C.P, BEING HELD

TONIGHT.

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