GR 120A
IMMEDIATE
DESKBY 070901Z
CYPHER/CAT A
FM FCO 061499Z
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 079001Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CHVED
Na 52
- 9 SEP 1974
LAST
REF.
NEXT
NICK NY
REF.
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TEL NO 773 OF 6 SEPTEMBER 1974
dol
1
17
88
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 908: HOWELL
1. WE AND THE METROPOLITAN POLICE WILL, IF ASKED, STICK TO 'URGENT PRIVATE REASONS FOR THE TIME BEING BUT WE AGREE THAT IT
IS NOT LIKELY TO HOLD FOR LONG AND THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE
NECESSARY, IF MEDICAL FINDINGS CAN SUPPORT THE CONCLUSION OF
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TO MAKE THE FACTS KNOWN.
2. THE COMMISSIONER HAS ARRANGED FOR HOWELL TO SEE THEIR
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER HIS RETURN. IN
THE NATURE OF PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO REACH A QUOTABLE CONCLUSION AS SOON AS WE WOULD LIKE. BUT THE
COMMISSIONER WILL HURRY THINGS ALONG AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
CALLAGHAN
FILE S
HK TOD
OPA
NEWS DEPARTMENT
CONFIDENTIAL