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The Governor has warned us (Hong Kong telegram No 1181)
may be acquitted on 19 October,
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largely on the technicality that evidence of his German bank
account may not be legally admissible. This evidence was
obtained in confidence from the German police, and cannot even
be used to confront
2. The Governor is rightly worried that if
is simply
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allowed to go free, public confidence could be affected.
press are indeed likely to point to
and Godber as dual
examples of the way that the establishment looks after its own,
despite the fact that, in both cases, the Government have done
their best to bring them to justice. The Governor therefore
wants to be able to announce on 19 October what further steps
are to be taken about
He has suggested that
should be retired without pension under Colonial Regulation 55.
3. We have already agreed (FCO telegram No 938, para 7) that
Regulation 55 is appropriate where solid proof of corruption
exists, but where the evidence cannot be produced in court.
This is almost certainly true of
But the legal
advisers consider that the decision cannot be delegated; must
should be taken at Ministerial level here; and must be based on a
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