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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 224 OF 25 MARCH
INFO PEKING.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: MR JAMES JOHNSON MP
1. MR JAMES JOHNSON MP (LABOUR
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DOWN THE FOLLOWING ORAL QUESTION FOR ANSWER BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE:
QUOTE.... UPON WHAT SPECIFIC MATTERS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT GRAFT SYNDICATES HAVE BEEN RECEIVING POUNDS STERLING 125 MILLION A YEAR, AS STATED BY MR JACK CATER, COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ON 15TH FEBRUARY IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG. UN QUO TE
2. GRATEFUL FOR INFORMATION WITH WHICH TO PREPARE A DRAFT REPLY, BY 281300Z AT THE LATEST,
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