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RRGOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONGAID 182002
TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
COMMISSIONER,
ICAC
FROM HELEN YU, LONDON OFFICE
REPEAT TO FCO/HKGD (MR WILLIAMS MRMASEFIELD
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LEICESTER MERCURY ARTICLE
Hkk 382/2
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RECEIVED MOONRY NO. 51
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HERE'S EARLY ALERT ON A POSSIBLE REPEAT OF THE DAWSON'I COMPLAINT.
REV KEN FARMER, RETIRED RHKP CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT AND NOW VICAR OF A PARISH IN WYMESWOLD, CALLED THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT THE PAPER CITED ABOVE CARRIED A STORY RESULTING FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFF (?) BARRETT. ACCORDING TO REV FARMER, THE BIAS OF THIS STORY IS SIMILAR TO THAT ON LENEHAN. (BIRMINGHAM).
REV FARMER INTENDS TO CALL ON THE CHIEF CONSTABLE CF LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY AND TO SHOW HIM YOUR LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE BIRMINGHAM EVENING MAIL.
1 SAID THAT I COULD SEE NO OBJECTION TO HIS USING YOUR LETTER IN THIS WAY. I ALSO SUGGESTED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE BARRETT MIGHT HAVE BEEN QUOTED OUT OF CONTXT. HOWEVER, AS HE IS SENDING A COPY OF THE CLIPPING TO YOU AND ME, WE CAN JUDGE FOR OURSELVES LATER.
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