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C315 PRIORITY

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12 APR 1978

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रह

TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 458 OF 11 APRIL 1978

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,

MY TELNO 444: YAUMATEI.

ALL THOSE SERVED WITH SUMMONSES HAVE NOW APPEARED IN COURT

WITHOUT INCIDENT.

2. THE POLICE FORCE AS A WHOLE CONTINUES TO REACT CALMLY TO THE

ACTION AGAINST THE YAUMATEI GROUP. ONE OR TWO RADICALS, BOTH WITHIN THE YAUMATE! GROUP AND THE JPOA, HAVE CALLED FOR SCME

ACTION TO BE TAKEN TO SUPPORT THOSE DEALT WITH: BUT THESE

DEMANDS HAVE MET WITH NO (REPEAT NO) SYMPATHY FROM THE BULK OF THE

FORCE OR JPOA REPRESENTATIVES.

POLICE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS HAVE PRIVATELY

EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE USE OF CR 55 BUT HAVE MADE NO PUBLIC

STATEMENTS. THEY SEEM TO ACCEPT THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS

CASE WERE EXCEPTIONAL AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL MAKE AN

ISSUE OF IT.

3. WE HAVE THUS COME THROUGH THE INITIAL PART OF THE OPERATION

AS PLANNED. THERE IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT OBJECTIONS TO THE

WAY IN WHICH WE HAVE HANDLED THE CASE COULD OR PLEAS OF

INNOCENCE BY INDIVIDUALS COULD GATHER FORCE. THE FOLICE HAVE

HANDLED THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE OPERATION WITH SKILL.

IN PARTICULAR THE BRIEFING OF ALL RANKS WAS WELL DONE. WE ARE

ALSO MUCH INDEBTED TO THE RAPID AND HELPFUL WAY IN WHICH YOU

DEALT WITH ALL THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE CASE.

CONTIDENTIAL

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