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GODBER SAID THAT WHITE WAS
AS WHITE WOULD NOT MAKE UP HIS MIND
AFRAID OF WHITELEY APPEALING TO C.P. EVENTUALLY
APPOINTED, GODBER CAME TO
OFFICE BY APPOINTMENT AND WHILE
CAME IN AND DURING CONVERSATION GAVE GODBER A WAD OF
LEFT
GODBER WENT TO LAVATORY AND ON HIS RETURN SAID QUOTE 25,000 DOLLARS NOT BAD FOR A DAY'S WORK. I'M GLAD IT'S ALL OVER IT WAS A
BLOODY DIFFICULT JOB SWINGING IT FOR HIM UNQUOTE. SEVERAL DAYS
HE HAD ALSO PAID SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND TO
THERE
NOTES. HE THANKED GODBER FOR HIS ASSISTANCE. AFTER
LATER
WHITE.
TOLD
4. WHITELEY WHO IS A SERVING POLICE OFFICER CONFIRMS THAT HE HAD
BEEN TOLD BY GRACE THAT HE WAS GETTING WANCHAI AND HE HAD BEEN
SENT FILES MARKED TO HIM AS D.S. WANCHAI DESIGNATE. WHITELEY WAS
VERY UPSET AND ANGRY AT THE TIME. WAS NOT TOLD REASONS FOR
DECISION, HE WAS CONSIDERABLY SENIOR TO
GRACE DOES NOT
REMEMBER MATTER VERY WELL BUT CONFIRMS THAT WHITELEY WAS TO BE
GIVEN A DIVISION IN 1971.
WHO IS STILL A SERVING POLICE
OFFICER HAS NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED. WHITE IS IN SPAIN.
5. AT TIME OF INCIDENT GODBER HAD 250,000 DOLLARS IN BANK IN
HONG KONG AND DOCUMENT FOUND IN HIS FLAT IN HIS OWN FILE OF
ASSETS SHOWS DEPOSITS AS AT 28 MAY AS 89 THOUSAND STERLING,
THOSE FACTS CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY COURT UNDER
SECTION 12 OF PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ORDINANCE WHICH WAS THE
SUBJECT OF HELPFUL INTERPRETATION IN R. V. PRITCHARD 1965 H.K.L.R. 473. NEW ORDINANCE DID NOT COME INTO FORCE UNTIL
MAY 1971.
6. WE BELIEVE THAT
ALTHOUGH CONVICTED HIMSELF, WOULD BE
GOOD WITNESS. HE HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT HE WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED
FURTHER IN RESPECT OF GERMAN ACCOUNTS IF HE GIVES TRUE EVIDENCE.
7. WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO
PREVENT ANY INFORMATION OR RUMOURS REACHING GODBER. IT IS FOR
THIS REASON WE HAVE NOT YET QUESTIONED
THOUGH WE WOULD DO
SO AS SOON AS GODBER HAS BEEN ARRESTED.
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