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OCT 1973
NICK 14/0
TO PRIORITY GOV HONG KONG TEL NO. 201 OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1973
INFO PRIORITY FCO.
YOUR TEL NO. 1.
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PRENDERGAST.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENTIAL TELEGRAM OF 26TH SEPTEMBER.
2. I ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN THE
PROPOSED ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ON TERMS STATED. I PRESUME
THAT THIS WILL BE MY TITLE AND NOT THAT OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
3. POSITION REGARDING PUBLICITY NOTED.
4. HAD MOST USEFUL MEETING AT ROME AIRPORT YESTERDAY, 28TH, WITH
SLEVIN. MY TARGET DATE FOR ARRIVAL HONG KONG ON OR ABOUT 1ST
DECEMBER. WOULD LIKE LONGER BUT WILL DO MY BEST TO STICK TO THIS
DATE. PLEASE. CONFIRM THAT THIS WILL FIT IN WITH YOUR PLANNING.
5. I REGRET THAT I CANNOT BE IN LONDON FOR MEETING ON 22ND
OCTOBER. SLEVIN AND I SUGGEST AS AN ALTERNATIVE EITHER AFTERNOON
11TH OCTOBER OR MORNING 12TH OCTOBER. SLEVIN CAN ALSO MANAGE
EITHER OF THESE DATES. AS THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS MEET'NG
VERE MADE FROM YOUR END, IT WOULD SEEM PREFERABLE IF NEW DATES
WERE PUT TO MACOUN BY YOU. PLEASE ADVISE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
PROVISIONAL AIR BOOKING.
SCOTLAND YARD WITH MACOUN.
IF ACCEPTABLE. I HAVE MADE
6.
7.
I WILL DISCUSS VISIT TO
QUESTIONS OF DETAIL WILL HENCEFORTH BE DIRECTED TO CLINTON,
D C S.
3. SINCE ABOVE WAS DRAFTED, I HAVE SEEN FCO TELEGRAM TO HONG
KONG NO. 961.
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