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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

25

for ORAL answer on. July 1973

WRITTEN

19

910

W

Hong Kong

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

40.

Noon Friday 20/7

To ask Mr James Johnson (Kingston-upon-Hull, West): the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when it is his intention to make public the findings of the Blair-Kerr Commission upon corruption in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Anthony Royle,

The first report of

Sir Alistair Blair-Kerr's Commission dealing with the

circumstances under which Mr Godber was able to leave

Hong Kong will be published by the Governor of Hong Kong

on 26 July. The second part of the Commission's terms of

reference is to report on the effectiveness of the

Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.

Work on this has begun.

(15197) Dd.737735 4m 5/71 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863