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CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 040
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
HONG KONG TELNO 745 AND YOUR TELNO 473 TO HONG KONG:
ILLEGAL BETTING SYNDICATE
1. AS YOU (BUT NOT HONG KONG) WILL KNOW FROM REPORTING BY THIS POST, THE PRIME MINISTER PERSONALLY HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO MUCH CRITICISM RECENTLY OVER THE ALLEGED MISUSE OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS IN CONNECTION WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR DRUG SMUGGLING. CORRUPTION IN GENERAL IS ALSO A TOPICAL POLITICAL
ISSUE.
2. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IF THE CONSTRAINTS MENTIONED IN YOUR TUR COULD BE OVERCOME, I WOULD SEE SOME ADVANTAGE IN PASSING THE INFORMATION IN CONFIDENCE TO THE PRIME MINISTER PERSONALLY. HE MIGHT WELL REGARD THIS AS A FRIENDLY GESTURE, AS IT MIGHT ENABLE HIM TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY CRITICISM WHICH THE OPPOSITION (OR OTHERS) MIGHT MAKE WHEN THE NEWS BREAKS.
3. WE WILL TRY DISCREETLY TO GET HOLD OF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF THE
INFORMATION REQUESTED IN HONG KONG'S TUR, BUT, IN THIS SMALL ISLAND, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DO MUCH WITHOUT AROUSING SUSPICIONS ABOUT
OUR MOTIVES.
CROWSON
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MR WILSON
MR JOHNSON
CONFIDENTIAL
-KK 295/, RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
17 MAR 1986
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