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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELNO 240 OF
13TH AUGUST, 1973.
PERSONAL FROM WRIGHT FROM NORMAN--WALKER.
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1. PLEASE ARRANGE FOR CONTENTS OF THIS TELEGRAM TO BE FORWARDED TO
SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.
2. BLAIR-KERR HAS BEEN INFORMALLY SOUNDED OUT BY ROBERTS AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIM RUNNING NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY, AS FIRST DIRECTOR, IF HE ADVISES AND IT IS THEN DECIDED TO ESTABLISH ONE
SEPARATE FROM THE POLICE.
3. BLAIR KERR EXPRESSED HIMSELF AS INTERESTED.
4. GENERAL OPINION SEEMS TO BE THAT LAWYER RATHER THAN POLICE OFFICER
SHOULD BE DIRECTOR OF AGENCY. ALTERNATIVE TO BLAIR-KERR MIGHT BE
DISTRICT JUDGE, PERHAPS YANG. SECOND IN COMMAND MIGHT BE EXPERIENCED POLICE OFFICER, I BELIEVE PUBLIC OPINION WOULD
GREATLY WELCOME ENERGETIC AND EXPERIENCED OFFICER FROM METROPOLITAN
POLICE.
5. I DO NOT BELIEVE PRENDERGAST TO BE SUITABLE CANDIDATE, APART FROM RESERVATIONS ON SOME OF HIS QUALITIES, HE IS NOW 61 AND
HAS BEEN OUT OF ACTION FOR SEVEN YEARS.
6. PERHAPS WE MIGHT MAKE PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES AS TO POSSIBILITY
OF A SECONDMENT FROM THE METROPOLITAN POLICE.
FCO PLEASE PASS.
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