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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TEINO 830 OF 28 JULY 1973. FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR MR. ROYLE. (MONDAY MORNING)
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THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNSATISFACTORY AND FRUSTRATING SITUATIONS
I HAVE KNOWN. IF WE COULD GET HIM BACK THE EFFECT ON SO MANY THINGS
HERE THAT MATTER IMMENSELY WOULD BE ELECTRIC, CONTRARIWISE
FAILURE TO DO SO WILL BE A STANDING SOURCE OF SUSPICION AND
CRITICISM THAT WILL BE DEEP AND STRONG AND VERY DAMAGING, THOUGH
THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF THE BLAIR-KERR REPORT ON THE PRESS HAS BEEN
GOOD, FOR PEOPLE IN THE STREET THE FACT IS THAT A CORRUPT EUROPEAN WAS ABLE TO GO TO ENGLAND AND FOR THIER OWN REASONS
H.M.G. WILL NOT SEND HIM BACK.. PEOPLE JUST WILL NOT BELIEVE THAT
H .M.G. CANNOT DO WHAT IT WANTS IN ITS OWN TERRITORY, AND WHEN ONE SAYS THAT THIS IS NOT SO, THE REPLY IS INVARIABLE ''WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE QUEEN, WASN'T SHE ABLE TO INTERVENE OVER TSO I?''
2. I KNOW YOU MUST BE FEELING VERY MUCH THE SAME AS I DO ABOUT THIS, AND I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE
ADVICE ON WHETHER THERE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO. THE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE OPERATION OF THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT ARE OF COURSE EXTREMELY WELL FOUNDED, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE THEY ARE A WHIP FOR ALL OUR BACKS. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT SOMEONE ON A
MODERATE SALARY AND WITHOUT PRIVATE MEANS AND IN POSSESSION OF
NEARLY POUNDS STERLING HALF A MILLION COULD NOT GIVE SOME EXPLANATION OF HOW HE HAD ACQUIRED MOST OF IT, IF IT WAS BY HONEST MEANS, SO NO POSSIBLE INFRINGEMENT OF JUSTICE IS INVOLVED
IN INSISTING ON HIM GIVING IT.
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PS/MR ROYLE SIR D WATSON
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