Kevin Cahill
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Peter Ricketts Esq.,
Councillor,
Temp/HKD.
8th April 1992.
Dear Mr.
HKD 384/1
13 APR 1992
56 Tavistock Place London WC1 9RG.
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I do not intend
Richatts,
to repay
My compliments and no, you wont be getting a letter every
to tell you. day; only when there is something useful and new,
First, the 'hearsay'. I am informed, though I take it with due caution, that in addition to seeking to either modify or censor reports on the matter, the Malaysian Government has put a ban of sorts, and a SB blitz on, my little pamphlet on the case. Some people even believe that they may be arrested for being found in possession'. It circulates in Samizdat form, I'm told.
To ensure that there is some accurate account of things in Malaysian hands I have sent every single member of the Malaysian Embassy staff has a copy of the EDM's, and an assurance that more will flow from both the new Parliament and from the European Parliament, I hope that this will concentrate the mind of the
Government Malaysian
treat they will
with you accordingly.
and that
I am told that T Razaleigh is an advisor to the Sultan of Brunei, via the Brunei Monetary Authority and it therefore seemed appropriate to circulate the staff of that Embassy too.
I enclose a letter from Legco member Mr. Peter Wong. His final sentence is quite alarming, because it implies that Mr. Osman is not being prosecuted for
what he did, but held hostage for what he knew. To the layman this is a an action akin to kidnapping, and it logically follows that all the irregularities that have appeared in the prosecution would appear, if the prosecution was as false and corrupt in its motives, as Sir Edward Youde suspected and we now know it was.
Now let me put to you the question that the 11 journalists that I saw yesterday, asked me. They asked me why Mr. Osman was being held, in the light of all the facts I offered them a selection from the following.
1. On the basis of the HC 7 Documents he has been made a scapegoat and framed by the Hong Kong Government, as part of the deal evidenced in the Chooi minute. Why ? FCO instructions to
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