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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 856 OF 3RD AUGUST, 1973.

YOUR TELEGRAM 745.

GODBER : LETTER FROM HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS.

WE SUGGEST YOUR REPLY TO MR. WILSON SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOW- ING POINTS.

2. THE LETTER FROM THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS ERRS IN

STATING THAT HK DOLLARS 200,000 WAS FOUND IN GODBER'S CAR. NO

MONEY WAS FOUND IN GODBER'S CAR, OR IN HIS FLAT FOR THAT MATTER.

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WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE LETTER, ALL THAT CAN BE SAID IS THAT THE R.H.K.P.F. IS VIGOROUSLY PURSUING INQUIRIES INTO THE

COURSE OF GODBER'S WEALTH.

It m WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPHS 5, 6 AND 7 OF THE LETTER THE POINT SHOULD BE MADE THAT THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THERE BEING AN ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE COLONY. HOWEVER, CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS RECENTLY PUBLUSHED HUNT'S NAME AND IN SOME INSTANCES CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO WHETHER SECTION 30 OF THE

PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE HAD BEEN INFRINGED. IN EACH CASE

THE PUBLICATION OF HUNT'S NAME WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF A REPORT OF

THE PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A MAGISTRATE UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE

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