GR 50
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 2512201
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED DENTIAL
REGISTRY No.#O
26 FEB 1975
INKKTY
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 170 OF 25 FEBRUARY.
FOR HKIOD.
GODBER WAS TO-DAY.CONVICTED ON BOTH COUNTS.
SENTENCE WAS:-
68
TOP COPY
(A)
4 YEARS AS FROM TO-DAY.
(B) DOLLARS 25,000 FINE (EQUIVALENT OF BRIBE RECEIVED)
(C)
COSTS.
2. WE ARE ALL IMMENSELY RELIEVED AS FAILURE WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY. UNDERMINED CONFIDENCE IN SINCERITY AND COMPETENCE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES. ON THE OTHER HAND SUCCESS WILL BE A TONIC.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
HRIOD (4)
O PA
LEGAL ADVISERS
PARLIAMENTARY UNIT
PS/ LORD GORONWY- ROBERTS
SiR
3.WATSON
COPIE S
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON'
MR BUBBIAR,
HOME OFFICE
ROOM 321,
CONFIDENTIAL