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STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 701
OF 1708UOZ FEBRUARY 88
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PERSONAL
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR HUM HKD FROM GOVERNOR
MY TELNO 32 : MR JUSTICE BARKER
YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT, ALTHOUGH I AM NOT YET IN A POSITION TO REVERT TO YOU WITH A CONCLUSION, THIS DIFFICULT PROBLEM IS FAR FROM FORGOTTEN. I HAVE HAD A SERIES OF DISCUSSIONS ON IT WITH THE CHIEF JUSTICE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE DESIGNATE AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. ALLEGATIONS MADE TO ICAC WHICH IT HAS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO SUBSTANTIATE, TEMPORARILY PRODUCED AN ADDITIONAL
COMPLICATING FACTOR.
2. THE PRESENT POSITION IS THAT I HAVE CONFLICTING ADVICE FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND CHIEF JUSTICE DESIGNATE. THIS IS NOT A
SATISFACTORY SITUATION. NOR AM I FULLY SATISIFIED WITH THE
THOROUGHNESS OF THE ADVICE GIVEN BY EITHER PARTY.
3. I SHALL BE REFLECTING FURTHER ON THIS WHOLE PROBLEM DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD. THIS TELEGRAM IS IMPLY TO ASSURE YOU THAT, DESPITE A NUMBER OF OTHER PREOCCUPATIONS, THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT
BEEN LOST TO SIGHT.
WILSON
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