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HKK14/8 No. HKK 14/8
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
DRAFT
LETTER
بھیجا
alz
Type 1 +
From
To:-
D.T.E. Roberts Esq. CBE, QC. "Carter OBE., 2., Attorney General's Chambers,Hong Kong.
Telephone No. & Ext.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
.In Confidence
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malters of particular legal difficulting which raise political aspects of policy.
Department
Prevention of Bribary Bill, 1970.
Thank you for your letter of 31st January
about the above Bill.
We are grateful for the extent to which you Our
have felt able to meet are objections and it
seems that the outstanding queries are now con-
fined to those relating to to Clause 10 and
sub-clauses 14 (1) (a) and 14(1) (c) There
is also a point of clarification arising out
of clause 15.
. Clause 10. We appreciate and sympathise
with the arguments in your letter, but there
little
is no doubt that any proposal to retain these
clauses will require consideration at Ministrial pial
level.
The Prime Minister's directive to which I
refered in my letter of 21st January was a general directive to departments in Whitehall concerning
the procedure to be followed in considering
legislati-n and political importà It was not
intended for the guidance of Colonial Governments
and you would therefore not have been aware
of its existence.
Sub-Clauses 14 (1) (a) and (c).
It is not clear from the enclosure to your
letter whether you intend to modify these sub -
-1-
/clauses
A