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TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 578 OF 12 JUNE. 1973
MY TELEGRAM NO. 576: CODBER
1. THE PRESS HAVE NOW GOT WIND OF THE FACT THAT GODBER MAY BE IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY MAY WELL ASK WHETHER WE HAVE RECEIVED ANY REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OR WHETHER WE ARE TAKING ANY OTHER ACTION TO GET HIM BACK TO HONG KONG,
2. INTERPOL TOLD US THIS AFTERNOON THAT THE HONG KONG POLICE HAD BEEN IN DIRECT TOUCH WITH THE HASTINGS POLICE, WHO, THEY SAID, HAD VISITED GODBER'S HOUSE. HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN
THERE AND THEN LEFT.
3. AN ARTICLE BY JOHN EZARD IN TODAY'S GUARDIAN LINKS GODBER'S CASE WITH ELLIS'S DEMANDS FOR A WHITEHALL-BASED INQUIRY INTO
''A
CORRUPTION AMONG BRITISH OFFICERS IN THE HONG KONG POLICE''.
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