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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TEL NO.1135 OF 14 NOVEMBER,
INFO HONG KONG COVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELNOS.860 AND 864.
ANSWERS TO P.QS FROM MR PARRY. SUGGESTED ANSWERS ARE:
TELNO.860
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(A) THE TERMS OF THE GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT ARE THAT ICAC WILL NOT TAKE ACTION ON COMPLAINTS OR EVIDENCE RELATING TO OFFENCES COMMITTED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1977, UNLESS
1. THE SUSPECT WAS INTERVIEWED BY ICAC BEFORE 5 NOVEMBER 1977
AND ALLEGATIONS THAT HE HAD COMMITTED AN OFFENCE WERE PUT
TO HIM: OR
11. A WARRANT OF ARREST HAD BEEN ISSUED BEFORE 5 NOVEMBER 1977:
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111. THE SUSPECT WAS OUT OF HONG KONG ON 5 NOVEMBER 1977: OR
IV. IT IS A CASE WHICH THE GOVERNOR CONSIDERS TO BE
PARTICULARLY HEINOUS.
(B) NO.
(C) A SUSPECT WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN INTERVIEWED BY ICAC IS EXCLUDED IF ALLEGATIONS THAT HE HAS COMMITTED AN OFFENCE WERE
PUT TO HIM BEFORE 5 NOVEMBER 1977,
(D) THERE ARE SEVEN CASES IN WHICH TWO OR MORE PERSONS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR CORRUPTION BY ICAC,
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/ (E) FIFTY TWO,