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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 1155 OF 11 SEPTEMBER, 1980.

PERSONAL FOR YOUDE FROM GOVERNOR.

MY TELNO 1080: POLICE FUNCTIONS IN SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.

1. IN MY TEL NO 1153 I HAVE CANCELLED THE PROPOSED CALL ON THE COMMISSIONER AND POLICE DINNER. THE MACLENNAN CASE IS NOW ADJOURNED UNTIL AFTER THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT, AND THE EQNUIRIES INTO THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE COMMISSIONER HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND THE A.G. HAS RULED THAT THERE IS NO CASE AND THAT THE ENQUIRY SHOULD CEASE. NEVERTHELESS I THINK THAT SUCH A DINNER AT THIS TIME MIGHT ATTRACT SOME IRONIC COMMENT AND THE RISK IS NOT WORTH RUNNING. IN ANY CASE I THINK THE

SECRETARY OF STATE IS DUE A NIGHT OFF.

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