GRPS 360
IMMEDIATE CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 11015@Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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RAGS.No.51 1) OCT 1973
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 1160 OF 11TH OCTOBER, 1973. INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS).
MY TELNO 1158: BLAIR-KERR REPORT..
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COMMENTING TODAY ON THE SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CONDUCTED BY SIR ALASTAIR BLAIR-KERR, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, MR. DENYS ROBERTS SAID: ''SIR ALASTAIR HAS PRODUCED A LUCID, COMPREPHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF CORRUPTION WHICH COES INTO EACH ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM THOROUGHLY AND IMPARTIALLY''.
''IN SPITE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND LEGAL NATURE OF MUCH OF ITS SUBJECT MATTER, THE REPORT IS WRITTEN IN LANGUAGE READILY UNDER- STOOD BY THE LAYMAN.'',
''IT EMERGES CLEARLY THAT CORRUPTION MUST BE A MATTER OF THE UTMOST CONCERN TO ALL OF US IN HONG KONG, TO PRIVATE CITIZENS AND TO CIVIL SERVANTS EQUALLY. 1 AM CERTAIN THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE IS READY TO PLAY ITS PART IN TAKING VIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION,
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THE REPORT HAS BEEN AWAITED WITH CONSIDERABLE INTEREST, AND NO DOUBT IT WILL STIMULATE MUCH PUBLIC DISCUSSION. CERTAINLY WE
WOULD WELCOME CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENT.'
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