TNAG-1584-FCO40-2158-Localisation-of-the-Hong-Kong-police-force-1986 — Page 13

GRS 250

SECRET

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 15110OZ FCO

TELNO 155

OF 151015Z JANUARY 86

SECRET

MICK 382/2. RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

16 JAN 1986

DESK OFFICER

REGISTRY

#NFO DESKBY 16010OZ PEKING

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

Polices

OUR TELNO 75,: FUTURE OF HONG KONG POLICE AND GARRISON REPLACEMENT.

AS INDICATED IN PARA 5 OF TUR, EXCO WERE SHOWN A COPY OF OUR PROPOSED SPEAKING NOTE FOR MR. RENTON (OUR TELNO 9).

2. MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT TO MENTION THE LIKELY SMZE OF INCREASE IN POLICE STRENGTH TO COPE WITH ANTI-ILLEGAL -MMIGRATION ACTIVITIES ETC. TO GIVE FIGURES AT THIS STAGE COULD BE A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE (PARA. 3). ADDITIONALLY, MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO DRAW ATTENTION GRATUITOUSLY TO THE SUBJECT OF PLA TROOPS IN HONG KONG (PARA. 1). A FEW OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS WERE ALSO PROPOSED.

3. THEY THEREFORE SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE SPEAKING NOTE:

(A) PARA 1. REPLACE THE FOURTH SENTENCE BY WHILE DEFENCE IS A MATTER FOR THE CPG, THE JOINT DECLARATION MAKES CLEAR THAT THE HONG KONG SAR WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER.''

(B) PARA 3.

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(M) DELETE THE SENTENCE READING OUR PRELIMINARY THINKING

THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO EXPAND..

PLUS TS SEARCH AND

RESCUE ROLE'', AND REPLACE IT BY WE SHALL ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER THE FUTURE OF SEARCH AND RESCUE FACILITIES IN HONG KONG''

(PM) SUBSTITUTE ''MR. WU'S FOR ''CHINESE** IN PENULTIMATE

SENTENCE.

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