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CYPHER CAT/A

FM HONGAID 22nd December

TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR,

· [1977]

HK

OF 22 DECEMBER.

COPIED TO MR. STEWART AT FCO.

FOR ROBERTS FROM GOVERNOR.

POLICE ORGANISATION.

1.

AS YOU KNOW ONE OF MY MAIN OBJECTIVES IN THIS VISIT

TO THE UK HAS BEEN TO SET UP ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION

OF IMPARTIAL AND AUTHORITATIVE ADVICE ON

HOW TO IMPROVE

MORALE, DISCIPLINE AND STAFF RELATIONS IN THE POLICE AND

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ICAC.

I BELIEVE THE SITUATION TO BE

COMPLEX AND TO REQUIRE IN DEPTH STUDY BY

AN OUTSIDE TEAM,

WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH A LOCAL TEAM.

CP AGREED THAT

THIS COULD BE LED EITHER BY SIR ROBERT MARK OR BY ONE OF

H.M. INSPECTORS OF CONSTABULARY.

I HAVE HAD TWO MEETINGS,

ONE WITH SIR ROBERT MARK AND SIR COLIN WOODS AND ONE WITH THE

LATTER ONLY. STEWART WAS PRESENT AT THE FORMER, AND BRAY

AT BOTH. BETWEEN THE MEETINGS, WHICH WERE ON 28 NOVEMBER AND

20 DECEMBER, WOODS AND MARK HAD CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION BETWEEN

THEMSELVES AND BOTH ALSO WITH ME DIRECT.

I HAVE BEEN STRUCK

WITH THEIR ENTHUSIASM TO HELP. WE ALL AGREED THAT THE PROCEDURE

ENVISAGED IS CORRECT, I.E. TO START WITH AN IN DEPTH STUDY

LASTING TWO OR THREE MONTHS (AND LONGER IF NECESSARY) BY ONE

INSPECTORS OF CONSTABULARY ACCOMPANIED BY TWO STAFF

OF H.M.

OFFICERS.

2.

THE INSPECTOR IS OF A RANK ABOVE A CHIEF CONSTABLE

BUT WHEN EXAMINING POLICE FORCE IS IN NO POSITION TO GIVE ORDERS

ON THE RUNNING OF A FORCE. HE WOULD THEREFORE BE ACCUSTOMED

TO THE SITUATION HE WOULD BE IN IN HONG KONG.

HE HAS WIDE

COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCE OF METHODS AND HANDLING OF PERSONALITIES.

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