Mr. Stewart's
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HKK 382/16.
DEC 1977
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1. During your call on tho Department on Thursday, 1 Decomber, vo had a rather brokon discussion on measures for ouring the illncoo in the Royal Hong Kong Police. Unfortunately, we wore interrupted and then had to call on Goronwy do I was not able to make all the points that I wished to do. I think it well
wəll, therefore, to put on papor my o...n viowɔ on what should beat be Jonc.
2. I started to suggest to you that a senior outsider with a proval record in staff rolations and man-management generally, should bə appointed for a year in a very senior position in the Porco, I suggested that he might be a supormulerary Deputy Commissioner. Your proliminary objection was that such a man voulu pe moon as an inutomatio Buccessor to Brian Slovin, Bowever, this would not be so, if it were Lade clear that the appointão were on contract for one year only, and that he was uppoinboð spocifically to dual with this problem of internal com.maications and Lorale. In my view this could be presentod credibly as a one--olf measure to deal with a situation which is unique in the history of the Force, 1.0. the deconstrutions, or near mutiny of early November. It would make olear to the Pored that their internal problems were being regarded periously and dealt with effectively.
3. Au you now, I agree with your suggestion that Jargo mbers of middle renk officers on contracts of, say, two yoare should be drafted in. The problems of finding good officers are great. However, I am not quita convingad that,
ivo attrative terms, it would not be possible to find good officers from British and Australian polios foroca.
I reiterate my very strong vie. that one of the cotentiala is to promoto rapidly to the Ligor echelons a leavening of
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