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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AH
FT M Jones Esq Crown Solicitor
Legal Department HONG KONG
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Telephone 01-
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Date
Mice 38011
30 October 1981 RECEIVED IN KESTRY HO. $1 30 OCT 1981
THE MACLENNAN CASE: MR BLAKER'S LIBEL ACTION AGAINST 'PRIVATE EYE'
1.
Dick Clift wrote to you on 18 September asking for your views on a number of points raised by Bailey of the Treasury Solicitor's Office.
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2. As the Inquiry into Inspector MacLennan's case is now over, and we do not know when Mr Blaker's libel action will come to trial, it would be helpful to have an early reply.
العلمة
P J Williamson
Hong Kong and General Department
BU/2 weeks
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30/10
2 weeks
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13/11
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