GRS 150
CYPHER CAT/A
PRIORITY
FM HONG KONG 100810Z
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RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY ND. 50
10 SEP1975
NXKLY))
TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NO 897 OF 10 SEPTEMBER
FOR O'KEEFFE FROM PRENDERGAST.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 682 OF 5 SEPTEMBER.
ELLIS.
RUF.
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REF.
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THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF THE PRECISE EMPLOYMENT WITHIN A
STATION OF A VERY JUNIOR STAFF MEMBERS OF THIS TYPE, ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CLEANING INSPECTORS' KIT DIFFERED FROM STATION TO STATION.
GENERALLY, AN AMAH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANLINESS OF QUARTERS WHILE THE 'ROOM BOYS' WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING
UNIFORMS AND LEATHER. THIS TASK WAS NOT AN OFFICIAL ONE BUT BY
INDIVIDUAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE OFFICER AND A MEMBER OF THE
STATION'S MENIAL STAFF.
2. MR HURST COULD NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE BOY WHO HAD BEEN
EMPLOYED BY HIM AND MR ELLIS, ONE OF THE LABOURERS THOUGHT THE MAN WAS CALLED AH HUNG OR AH TANG: NONE OF THE OTHERS COULD
REMEMBER THE NAME. PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL THE MENIAL STAFF WHO COULD
BE TRACED WERE SENT TO MR ELLIS. ALL THOSE WHO WERE IDENTIFIED
BY MR ELLIS AND MR HURST, PLUS ONE OTHER WHOSE NAME RESEMBLED
'AH LAM', WERE INTERVIEWED, AS STATED IN THE REPORT.
3. I SUGGEST THAT YOU TELL MR ELLIS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
TO ESTABLISH WHO WAS (UNDERLINE NEXT WORK) THE ROOM BOY' AT THE TIME. THE WHOLE INVESTIGATION WAS DIRECTED TO THAT END AND, HAD THERE BEEN OFFICIAL RECORDS BEARING ON THE QUESTION, THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN NOTED IN THE REPORT. THE FACT IS THAT HE HAS POSITIVELY
IDENTIFIED A MAN WHOM IT CAN BE PROVED WAS NOT THERE. IF HE CANNOT
ACCURATELY IDENTIFY THE ALLEGED INTERMEDIARY AFTER OVER 12 YEARS, THEN IT IS UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT OTHERS, WHO LACK HIS INTENSE PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE MATTER, TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE SORT HE DEMANDS.
MACLEHOSE
HKIOD (3)
SIR D WATSON
MR MALE
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