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DRAFT TO M.P.
To:
Anthony Grant Esq MP House of Commons London SW1
Type 1 +
From
Mr Royle
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Consular
To Be Seen By:
You wrote to me on 19 October enclosing a letter
from your constituent Mrs Ann Maher of 24 Bishop
Ken Road, Harrow Weald, Middlesex. Mrs Maher
had put forward questions about the case of ex-
Superintendent Godber which had been raised by
her sister in Hong Kong.
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Copying Action:
To (Post):
Because Hong Kong is a Crown colony it does not
mean that it has no control over its own affairs.
The colony has its own government and legislature
which deal with its internal affairs, subject
to the guidance of the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the help
and advice of his officials in London. The
problem of corruption in Hong Kong is therefore
a matter essentially for the Hong Kong Government.
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For *Necessary Action.
I had extensive discussions with the Governor on
this question when he was in this country
recently, and as you will see from the enclosed
extract of his recent speech to Legislative
Council, he is taking vigorous measures to
ing
tackle this very worry/ problem. As the Governor
/says
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