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POSSIBLE CRITICISM BOTH HERE AND IN HONG KONG, YOU WOULD
NEED TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST BY EVIDENCE SUPPLIED TO ME IN CONFIDENCE,
SUFFICIENT TO CONVINCE ANY REASONABLE PERSON OF THE OFFICERS GUILT. MY GENERAL POLICY WOULD THEN BE TO SAY, IF QUESTIONED,
THAT YOU HAVE SUPPLIED ADEQUATE EVIDENCE TO SATISFY ME OF THE NEED FOR ACTION UNDER CR55, THOUGH I MIGHT HAVE TO GO FURTHER IN PUBLIC,
IF THE CHALLENGE TO MY DECISION WAS PERSISTENT, TO THE EXTENT OF EXPLAINING WHY THE OFFICER CONCERNED HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO
TRIAL.
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FILES
HK & GD
LEGAL ADVISERS
OPA
PUSD
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FS
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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