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SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEF 'A'
GODBER
1. When Mr Tom Pendry MP called on the Secretary of State on
6 September he suggested, amongst other things, that senior
officers from Scotland Yard should be sent to Hong Kong to carry
out investigations into the Godber case with a view to finding
evidence for extraditable charges which the Hong Kong police had
so far failed to produce. Mr Pendry argued that local confidence
in the Hong Kong police was not particularly good. He thought
that people might well come forward to outside investigators even
though they would not do so to local police officers.
considered that to send in Scotland Yard men would not be resented
in Hong Kong, except perhaps by a few people towards the top of
the police force and the Anti-Corruption Branch. On the contrary,
people in Hong Kong generally would welcome evidence that action
was being taken over Godber. At present he merely appeared to be
allowed to enjoy his ill-gotten gains. The Secretary of State
said he would consider Mr Pendry's suggestion.
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The Governor is proposing to bring in Mr Prendergast, former
Head of Hong Kong Special Branch, to take charge of the Anti-
Corruption Branch. The Governor had said earlier that it was his
intention, if he secured the services of Mr Prendergast, also to
ask for one or two officers from the anti-fraud squad from
Scotland Yard to join the Unit. Mr Pendry's suggestion is a
variant of this proposal, which Mr Royle will doubtless wish to
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