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Thursday, July 26, 1973

The measures suggested by Sir Alastair to minimise the risk

of Godber's departure were not overlooked. Each one of them was

carefully considered," said the Commissioner, "and although, as Mr. Dawson

said in evidence before the Commission, we wanted to arrest Godber as

soon as there was evidence to justify this, we regarded this seven-day

period in the Attorney General's letter as a sort of moratorium during

which our hands were tied."

"Nevertheless, in the light of Sir Alastair's comments, and

with the benefit of hind sight, I now accept that perhaps more might

have been done to reduce the chance of Godber leaving Hong Kong,"

Mr. Sutcliffe concluded.

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