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Lee:-

Quite. Put the point is this, that if you make any atatement to us, it is a sworn statement of course, and anything you say goes to the Governor as a matter of course, and really what is to be published, or what is not to be published is a matter for His Excellency,

rather than for ourselves.

Yes, but I mean that I would not like to have my name mentioned as giving such evidence.

r shelton Hooper:- It must, to the Governor. We dont publish it, we give

it to the Governor. He does what he likes with it.

The hairinan:-

Lee: -

The Chairinan:-

Yr Shelton Hooper:-

Vr Humphreyst-

The Chairman:-

yr Lau Chu Pak:-

This is a new point altogether. We have not had to consider that. The point I understand is that you are presumably prepared to make a state::ent before the Commission, hut you do not wish it to appear in the published Report. Is that what you mean ?

Or have my name mentioned in the Report.

The point is whether we accept Mr Lee statmant, and

it to be " _ished. make a promise that it is

I dont think we can do th..

I take it that the Commisio: · publishod, but that the ve al

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the Commission will not be published.

It may, or it may not, I am not prepared to gaga

The Governor may elect, and I think he will elect, to

publish at least part of the evidence.

It rests entirely with the Governor.

The Chairman requests Lee to retire.

The chairman:-

Discussion in camera.

Tee,

recalled:-

With regard to that pclmt, dr Lee, of course we cant,

as you sist understand,

Gumar.. to anything. We

• cstro' ponsibly pledge the sisting here by the

Governor's orders, and all evidence we send to the Governor is for a nee alone, and what he decides to