GRPG 365
IMMEDIATE
YPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 280410Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 829 OF 28TH JULY, 1973.
GODBER.
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HRR H/17.
THE POLICE ARE GOING THEIR UTMOST TO WORK UP A CHARGE UNDER WHICH
THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT WOULD APPLY, BUT YOU WILL APPRECIATE HOW EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND ANYONE WHO WILL TALK.
2. MEANWHILE I AM CONCERNED AT WHAT THE EFFECT ON GODBER MAY BE OF TE
BLAIR-KERR REPORT, AND THE CONSEQUENT PUBLICITY, PQ'S ETC. THIS MIGHT INDUCE HIM TO MOVE, AND YOU WILL NO DOUBT HAVE REAL - ISED THAT ANOTHER DISAPPEARING TRICK BY GODBER, THIS TIME FROM THE UK, AT A TIME WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEEK HIS RETURN, WOULD BE A TOTAL DISASTER.
3. AT THE VERY LEAST IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF HIM.
4x WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP HIM LEAVING ENGLAND? SHOULD HE BE
PLACED ON THE WATCH LIST? WHAT WOULD THE EFFECT OF THIS BE.
5. HE HOLDS A HONG KONG PASSPORT (NO. 56799 OF 13 JUNE 1964),
SINCE PASSPORTS ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE ISSUING AUTHORITY I AM
ADVISED THAT AS THAT AUTHORITY THE GOVERNOR COULD LEVALLY WITHDRAW
A HONG KONG PASSPORT AT ANY TIME. BUT IN PRACTICE THE EXERCISE
OF THIS POWER IS CIRCUMSTRIBED BY NORMAL FCO REGULATIONS, E.G,
THAT A PASSPORT SHOULD ONLY BE WITHDRAWN IF THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN
OBTAINED BY FRAUD OR IN CASES OF TREASON. NEVERTHELESS WOULD YOU SEE
OBJECTION TO MY DOING SO IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES? 1 AM ADVISED THAT
THIS WOULD RESULT IN ITS CONFISCATION IF PRESENTED AT ANY IMMI-
GRATION POST IS THIS CORRECT?
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WE ARE URGENTLY CONSIDERING ARRANGING SURVEILLANCE BY A PRIVATE
AGENCY ON THE ASSUPTION YOU WOULD FEEL UNABLE TO INSTRUCT THE POLICE
TO DO THIS.
CONFIDENTIAL
/ GRATEFUA Lan
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