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FM HONG KONG 090515Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN RESTRY No.52
11 NOV 1974
Лаккура
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 1124 OF 9 NOVEMBER. 1974
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GODBER:
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION STUART/HOBLEY ON 1 NOVEMBER.
1. HOBLEY THEN MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD WISH TO PURSUE WITH IRVINE THE MATTER OF HIS ALLEGED CONVERSATION WITH MRS. GODBER. THE PRESENT POSITION LEAVES AN UNTIDY LOOSE END, NO DIFFICULTY WAS SEEN OVER THIS AND STUART SAID THAT HIS IMPRESSION WAS THAT YOUR ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING OF THE KIND.
2. WE NOW THINK THAT THE BEST INITIAL APPROACH WILL BE FOR RUSSELLS TO WRITE TO IRVINE AT OUR REQUEST IN VERY GENERAL TERMS. WE ARE NATURALLY ANXIOUS THAT HE SHOULD NOT FEEL UNDER ANY PRESSURE IN THE MATTER AND THAT THE FACT THAT HE IS NOT SHOULD BE APPARENT.
3. WE THINK THAT RUSSELLS SHOULD FIRST INFORM LESTER AND CO. OF THE
COURSE WE PROPOSE TO TAKE.
4. WE SUGGEST THAT RUSSELLS LETTER TO IRVINE SHOULD BE AS IN MIFT.
HIS ADDRESS IS:
R. J. IRVINE,
GLEN HOUSE,
CULCAVEY ROAD,
HILLSBOROUGH,
COUNTY DOWN,
NORTHERN IRELAND.
MACLEHOSE
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COPIES TO:
MR RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISERS
SIR D WATSON
MR MALE
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