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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 834 OF 23 AUGUST. 1973

THE GODDER CASE,

1. THE OVERSEAS POLICE ADVISER HAS HAD COME UNOFFICIAL CONTACT WITH MR ALAN ELLIS, WHO IS OF COURSE VERY ACTIVE IN PUFFING UP

THE GODBER CASE-

2. TWO POINTS MAY BE RELEVANT. ELLIS HAS REFERRED TO PRESS REPORTS IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, HONG KONG STANDARD AND HONG KONG STAR ON 13/14 AUGUST SUGGESTING THAT HONG KONG STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE LIKELY ON THE GODBER ISSUE. THE SCMP REFERRED SPECIFICALLY

TO OFFERS BY LEFT-WING BODIES IN THE UK TO HOLD SIMULTANEOUS ~

DEMONSTRATIONS, THESE ARE SAID TO BE THE INTERNATIONAL MARXISTS GROUP, THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS, LABOUR PARTY YOUNG SOCIALISTS, SOCIAL LABOUR LEAGUE AND THE SOLIDARITY, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?

3. ON THE POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATIONS IN HONG KONG, ELLIS SAID HE BELIEVED THAT QUOTE AGENT PROVOCATEURS OF THE CORRUPT CONSPIRACY UNQUOTE COULD WELL TAKE THE CHANCE TO BLOW THESE UP INTO SOMETHING

LIKE THE STAR FERRY RIOTS,

A. WE HAVE QUESTIONED ELLIS ABOUT HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT WITH

TV PROGRAMMES ON HONG KONG, HE DENIED THIS BUT SAID THAT HE KNEW

CERTAIN TV TEAMS WERE PLANNING ACTION: SOME QUOTE MIGHT ALREADY DE THERE UNQUOTE. HE IMPLIED THAT THEY MIGHT BE OPERATING CLANDESTINELY.

5 ELLIS-IS NOT, OF COURSE, A RELIABLE WITNESS: BUT, IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN ALL THIS, YOU WILL-DOUBTLESS LET US KNOW,

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