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REGISTRY No.31
-1 OCT 1973
211
YAP CHRY
FM HONG KONG Ø102204
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE VIENNA TELNO 1 OF 1ST OCTOBER, 1973. INFO PRIORITY F.C.O. AND MALTA.
I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PASS THE FOLLOWING PLUS MY 3 1.F.T.'S TO SLEVIN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, HONG KONG, AND MACOUN, OVERSEAS POLICE ADVISER TO SECRETARY OF STATE. BOTH ARE ATTENDING THE CURRENT INTERPOL MEETING IN VIENNA.
2. MY THREE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAMS REPEATING TO VIENNA MY TELNO 1088 TO FCC, VALETTA TEL NO 1 AND FCO TELNO 961 TO HONG KONG INDICATE THE POSITION REACHED OVER PRENDERGAST WHICH IS SATISFACTORY, AND OVER WILLIAMSON, WHICH IS BECOMING CONFUSED.
3. I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT TO YOU AND MACOUN TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO TRY AND ARRANGE A MEETING BTWEEN YOU BOTH, PRENDERGAST AND WILLIAMSON ON OCTOBER 11TH. OR
12TH
H., AS SUGGESTED BY FRENDERGAST. AS SEEN FROM HERE THIS NOW APPEARS TO RISK RUSHING THINGS WITH WILLIAMSON UNLESS MACOUN COULD HAVE A PRELIMINARY MEETING WITH HIM BEFORE 11TH. IF THE LATTER IS IMPOSSIBLE IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR YOU BOTH TO ARRANGE TO SEE WILLIAMSON YOURSELVES ON 11TH OR 12TH, AND LET ME HAVE YOUR OWN VIEWS AS TO HIS SUITABILITY. IN THIS CASE, AND IF YOU CONFIRM HE IS SUITABLE, HE AND PRENDERGAST COULD MEET LATER ON AT THEIR CONVENIENCE. THE SNAG IS THIS WOULD INVOLVE OUR MORE OR LESS COMMITTING OURSELVES BEFORE PRENDERGAST HAS MET WILLIAMSON. BUT PERHAPS WE NEED NOT MAKE TOO HEAVY WEATHER OF THIS BECAUSE NO DOUBT PRENDERGAST WOULD ACCEPT YOUR JUDGEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE STRONG RECOMMENDATION OF MARK.
4. IF MACOUN WOULD TELEPHONE YOUR CONCLUSIONS TO THE FCO PERHAPS THEY WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH TO DO THE MECHANICS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT IS BEING ARRANGED. THEY NO DOUBT REALISE THAT WILLIAMSON CAN BE CONTACTED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF SIR ROBERT MARK AT SCOTLAND YARD, WHO ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED WILLIAMSON TO ME.
MACLEHOSE
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