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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975

+THOSE WHO ARE CORRUPT ARE NO DOUBT WORRIED ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT AND A VERY GOOD THING TOO. BUT THIS IS QUITE A DIFFERENT THING TO ALLEGING THAT THE FORCE AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN DEMORALISED BY 1.C.A.C. ACTIVITIES TO ROOT THEM OUT, HE SAID.

SIR MURRAY SAID HE WAS WELL AWARE OF THE NEED FOR EXTREME CARE IN THE EXERCISE OF THE WIDE POWERS GIVEN TO THE I.C.A.C., JUST AS HE WAS ALSO AWARE OF THE NEED TO USE THOSE POWERS IF THE COMMISSION IS TO ACHIEVE THE RESULTS EXPECTED OF IT.

HE SAID, I HAVE APPOINTED MEN OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE, EXPERIENCE AND INTEGRITY TO DIRECT THE COMMISSION AND I HAVE COMPLETE TRUST IN THEIR JUDGEMENT AND DISCRETION. I HAVE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THEM UNOFFICIALS OF THE HIGHEST STANDING AND EXPERIENCE WHO ARE CONSULTED ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATIONS.

+THIS IS OBVIOUSLY OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE BECAUSE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT A MAN IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION COULD WELL HAVE WIDER REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM, EVEN IF THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL, WITH WHOM RESTS THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PROSÉCUTE, DECIDES NOT TO DO SO.+

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE IS WELL SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE, WHICH IS GREATLY TO THE CREDIT OF ITS OFFICERS.

+THEIRS IS A VITAL TASK, BUT LET NO ONE SUPPOSE IT IS A PLEASANT ONE, HE ADDED.

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