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GOVERNOR'S EYES ONLY
TO FLASH HONG KONG TELNO 34 OF 13 JANUARY
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MESSAGE IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 43 WILL CAUSE GRAVE CONCERN HERE. WE ALL SYMPATHISE WITH YOUR VERY
SERIOUS PREDICAMENT.
HOBLEY HAS NOT YET SPOKEN TO RUSHFORD, AND I DO NOT WANT TO PREJUDICE THE LEGAL ADVICE HE WOULD RECEIVE HERE. BUT IF WE HAVE TO SHOW MINISTERS THAT AT BEST ONLY A HANDFUL OF ACCUSED ME WILL BE PROSECUTED I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IT IS YOUR OWN CONSIDERED ADVICE THAT NO MAY CAN BE FOUND BY SUBPOEPA OR BY A MIXTURE OF INDUCEMENT AND COERCION TO GET THE CONVICTED WITNESSES TO GIVE EVIDENCE AGAINST ALL CONCERNED.
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