Registry

No. HKK 14/17

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

DRAFT LETTER

To:-

----------In Confidence

Letter despathed by Private Secretary's Dept

17 AUG 1973

Mr Albert Murray

Office of the Leader of the

Opposition

The Rt Hon H Wilson OBE FRS MP House of Commons

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Type 1 +

FROM

Private Secretary

Telephone No. Ext.

Department

Thank you for your letter of 25 July, forward-

ing a copy of the Hong Kong Federation of Students'

letter to the Prime Minister.

To take the first point in the Federation's

letter: although the Commission of Inquiry

established that Mr Godber was in control of

financial resources totalling over HK$ 4.3 million,

it is not true that any money was found in his car.

alleged.

On the second point, how Mr Godber acquired

this wealth, the Hong Kong Police Force are

vigorously pursuing enquiries.

When certain Hong Kong newspapers recently

as another target of Stficial in veel

astigatris)

published the name of

consideration was given to whether Section 30 of the

Prevention of Bribery Ordinance had been infringed.

This section makes it an offence to disclose to a

person the fact that he is being investigated under

the Ordinance, or to disclose to another person the

identity of a person being investigated or details

You will understand

As you will appreciate, (being mate by the Inverm therefore, there is no question of an attempt to

of the investigation.

that

suppress freedom of speech in Hong Kong

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