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A No.31

-9 OCT 1973

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(HRIOD)

TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 998 OF 5 OCTOBER. 1943

FROM HKIOD

FOLLOWING SHOULD BE GIVEN NO DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY

OF CLINTON DCS

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

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1. MR JAMES JOHNSON HAS TABLED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR WRITTEN

ANSWER ON 17 OCTOBER

BEGINS

TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT COMMUNICATION HE HAS HAD WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG · KONG REGARDING THE MATTER OF CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THAT COLONY: AND WHETHER HE WILL INSTITUTE AN ANTI-CORRUPTION SQUAD INDEPENDENT OF THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE.

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2. THE TIMING OF THIS QUESTION IS AWKWARD HOWEVER AS IT IS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER WE HAVE THREE DAYS GRACE WITHIN WHICH TO PROVIDE A RCPLY, WE COULD THEREFORE ARRANGE FOR THE REPLY TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION WHICH YOU

INDICATE IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1 TO VALETTA MAY BE MADE ON 20

OCTOBER.

3. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND A REPLY TO THE EFFECT THAT WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU RECENTLY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM: FOLLOWED BY A REFERENCE TO THE COMMISSION ON THE LINES OF YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT IN HONG KONG, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND FOR THE TEXT OF WHAT YOU PROPOSE TO SAY AND WHEN.

DOUGLAS HOME

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OPA

LEGAL ADVISERS

NEWS DEPT

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COPIES TO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE. 6. GRAFTON STREET

LONDON.

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