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CONFIDENTIAL
Mr Guest
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CORRUPTION IN HONG KONG: GODBER
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You told me this morning that Mr Royle would like to have
in his box tonight preliminary views on the following:-
(a) The possibility of a UK enquiry into alleged
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corruption in Hong Kong, particularly in the Police.
(b) The possible secondment to Hong Kong of a group of
Senior UK Police Officers to investigate corruption
in the Hong Kong Police.
There is a good deal of pressure building up for a UK
appointed enquiry. Mr Royle is well aware of the campaign
which ex-Inspector Alan Ellis has been conducting for several
years. Mr Ellis has contacts in the Press, and several news-
papers have recently mentioned his campaign for such an enquiry.
The Rt Hon Patrick Jenkin, MP, has written to Mr Royle about
this (a draft reply is now being cleared with the Legal Adviser
and will be submitted separately). Mr James Johnson, MP, has
already spoken to Mr Royle on the telephone, and has asked to
see the Secretary of State on the matter urgently. The
Secretary of State will not be here to see him but Mr Amery is
to see Mr Johnson tomorrow, 9 August, at 3 pm. I shall attend.
We do not of course yet know what Mr Johnson will say, but he is
in touch with Mr Ellis and it seems likely that he may ask for
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