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GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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Your telegram No. 543
Prevention of Bribery Bill
There appears to be considerable misunderstanding
over this matter. Since Roberts raised the subject
of the Bill with McPetrie, the latter naturally
mentioned objections which he as a lawyer saw to the
retention of Clause 10. He certainly did not express
the view that Ministers would not approve the Clause
necessity Mimisters thought it durable to refer the although he did say that if the matter word referbed
latter
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to the Law Officers he thought they would share his
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Sir L. Monson Sir James
McPetrie Mr.Rushford Miss Deas (w
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doubts. Nor did he say or imply that you "would
get no answer this year".
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At no stage has it been suggested or expected
that you should defer to informal opinions from our
Legal Advisers. The question whether Clause 10
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