CONFIDENTIAL
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GRS 370
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 130330Z
VED IN
TRY No.52
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DESKBY 130900Z
.+JAN1975
HARKIY/
TELNO
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 45 OF 13 JANUARY 1975.
GODBER.
FOR RUSHFORD FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
REF.
REF
+A
NEAT
(5)
1. I THINK THAT SCEATS (NOW ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL/ANTI- CORRUPTION) SHOULD COME TO LONDON FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH FRENCH. YOU WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME URGENCY. ACCORDINGLY SCEATS WILL LEAVE HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY EVENING (15TH JANUARY) AND ARRIVE IN
LONDON ON THURSDAY MORNING. HE WILL CALL ON YOU WHEN HE ARRIVES.
2. I SHALL BE GLAD IF FRENCH MAY BE INFORMED THAT SCEATS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. DUE TO PRESSURE OF WORK HERE,
I NEED SCEATS BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND INTEND THAT HE SHOULD LEAVE LONDON NOT LATER THAN TUESDAY, 21ST JANUARY. I AM SORRY THAT I HAVE TO PRESS IN THIS WAY BUT HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE.
3. SCEATS WILL BE BRINGING WITH HIM PROOFS OF EVIDENCE FOR FRENCH'S
CONSIDERATION. HE WILL ALSO WISH TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING PARTICULAR
MATTERS AS WELL AS OTHER DETAILS.
(A) AMENDMENT OF BOTH THE CORRUPTION AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULARS OF THE ''ASSISTANCE'' GIVEN BY GODBER. WE HAVE IN MIND AN ALLEGATION THAT GODBER ''RECEIVED HK DOLLARS 25,000 FROM
AS A FEE OR REWARD OR OTHERWISE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FAVOURING OR FORBEARING FROM DISFAVOURING CHENG IN RELATION TO THE FILLING OF THE POST OF DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WANCHAI
DIVISION." THE CONSPIRACY CHARGE WOULD BE SIMILAR.
(B) THE NEED FOR AN ALTERNATIVE CHARGE OF OBTAINING THE MONEY BY DECEPTION. I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS COURSE IS APPROPRIATE, BUT IT
HAS BEEN MOOTED AS A POSSIBILITY.
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