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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 1105 OF 7 NOVEMBER 1977 INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNO 1099.

IN PARAGRAPH 19 I REFERRED TO THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN DCP AND

THE POLICE ASSOCIATIONS.

2. THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT HAS NOW BEEN MADE: QUOTE. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. BRIAN SLEVIN, STATED AT 4.00 PM TODAY THAT A MEETING TOOK PLACE BETWEEN HIS SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, LOCAL INSPECTORS AND EXPATRIATE INSPECTORS ASSOCIATIONS AND PROPOSED JUNIOR POLICE ASSOCIATION. SEVERAL MATTERS WERE DISCUSSED AND AGREEMENT REACHED. THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES STATED TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT THEY WISHED TO EXPRESS FULL LOYALTY TO HIM AND THEY WISHED IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY ARE AND IN THE FUTURE SHALL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ALL ISSUES THROUGH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ESTABLISHED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANNELS AVAILABLE TO THEM AND BY NO OTHER MEANS. IT WAS FURTHER STATED TO THE COMMISSIONER BY THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS, INCLUDING RUMOURS, MAY HAVE LED THE PUBLIC TO DOUBT THE CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FORCE. THEY WISHED TO ASSURE THE COMMISSIONER THAT THEY ARE NOW, MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, DETERMINED TO CARRY OUT THEIR FULL RESPONSIBILITIES. ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS WISHED IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY ARE DETERMINED THAT ALL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE VIEWS OF THEIR MEMBERS SHALL BE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF DISCUSSION BY THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WITH POLICE HQ AND CERTAINLY NOT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ANY PROTEST PUBLIC GATHERINGS. UNQUOTE.

3. THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE JUNIOR POLICE ASSOCIATION HAS NOT WITHDRAWN ALL ITS OBJECTIONS TO THE PARTIAL AMNESTY AND IS REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF SOME POINTS.

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