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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 413 OF 30 APRIL. 1974.
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-1 APR 1974
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YOUR TELNO 482: GODBER
1.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN YOUR THIRD PARAGRAPH ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
GODBER WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME IN SUSSEX BY DETECTIVE CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT HOWELL AT ABOUT 8.00 P.M. ON 29 APRIL.
GODBER AND HIS WIFE, WHO HAD JUST COME IN FROM A WALK, APPEARED
SHOCKED. GODBER SAT DOWN IN A SEMI-COLLAPSED STATE AND ASKED FOR
A DRINK. HE MENTIONED NO NAMES, AND SAID VIRTUALLY MOTHING, CHIEF
SUPERINTENDENT HOWELL SEARCHED HIS HOUSE AND TOOK AWAY A NUMBER OF
BANK STATEMENTS WHICH HE HAS PASSED TO RUSSELL AND CO.
WHEN GODBER APPEARED BEFORE THE BOW STREET MAGISTRATE THIS
MORNING HE SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. HIS COUNSEL DID NOT AT THIS
STAGE CONTEST THE POLICE OBJECTION TO BAIL.
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LEGAL ADVISERS N & TD
COPIES TO:
MR C H PRIOR MR C P J WOODS
HOME OFFICE
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER "C" DIVISION SCOTLAND YARD
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