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FM FCO 271630Z AUG 80
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 707 OF 27 AUGUST
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM YOUDE.
YOUR TELNOS 1016 AND 1017: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT.
1.
SECRETARY OF STATE HAS SEEN YOUR TURS AND IS GENERALLY
CONTENT WITH DRAFT PROGRAMME. HE IS HOWEVER CONCERNED THAT
MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AND DINNER WITH SENIOR POLICE
OFFICERS (ITEMS C AND P IN SECOND TUR) COULD, DEPENDING ON CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BE MISINTERPRETED IN VIEW OF THE PUBLIC
LINKAGE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S NAME WITH THE MACLENNAN INQUIRY.
HE WOULD THEREFORE PREFER THAT A DECISION ON THESE ITEMS BE LEFT
UNTIL NEARER THE TIME.
2. IN THE MEANTIME I SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THE
LIKELY TIMING OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING THE POSITION OF THE
COMMISSIONER, WITH A VIEW TO OUR MAKING FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE
ROBLEMS OF POLICE MORALE WHICH I REALISE WILL ITSELF HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY THE MACLENNAN INQUIRY. IS THERE ANY WAY OTHER THAN
THOSE SUGGESTED IN C AND P OF THE PROGRAMME IN WHICH HE CAN SHOW
INTEREST IN THE POLICE WITHOUT TOO CLOSE AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
COMMISSIONER.
3.
WE MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT FURTHER IDEAS ON THIS TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE THIS FRIDAY (29 AUGUST).AFTER THAT HE WILL
BE ON HOLIDAY UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER AND ANY DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL THEN.
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