TNAG-0490-FCO40-555-Allegations-of-bribery-and-corruption-in-Hong-Kong-police-an-1974 — Page 14

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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TEL NO 515 OF 31 MAY, 1974.

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1. COUNSEL HAS RAISED CERTAIN POINTS ON WHICH HE WOULD LIKE FURTHER ACTION AND CLARIFICATION:-

(A) THE COPY RECORD AT PRESENT AVAILABLE CONTAINS SOME ILLEGIBLE SHEETS. DOUBTLESS YOU WILL ENSURE THAT ALL FINAL COPIES APE FULLY LEGIBLE.

(B) REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE DEPOSITION OF MR NEIL MALONE. IN PARAGRAPH 2 LINE 5 THE LAST WORD IS OUR. THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS A TYPING ERROR BUT COULD THIS PLEASE BE CHECKED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENEPAL'S OFFICE.

REFERENCE IS

(C) IN PARAGRAPH 11 OF THE DEPOSITION OF MADE TO HIM BEING SHOWN TWO LISTS BY GODREF. COULD THESE LISTS AG IN BE SHOWN TO HUNT: AT THE SAME TIME ASK HIM IF THESE WERE LISTS THAT GODBER SHOWED TO HIM.

(D) MP NELIGAN HAS SPOKEN TO PENLINGTON ABOUT THE DEPOSIT BOOK OF

OUND AT THE APARTMENT OF CHENG, WHEN HE WAS

APRESTED. IT IS PROBABLE THAT THIS IS

IS MAIDEN NAME. WE UNDERSTAND THAT MR PENLINGTON WILL INVESTIGATE (IN HONG KONG) WHETHER SHE IS IN FACT HIS WIFE AND THE HOLDER OF THE DEPOSIT

BOOK. THIS EVIDENCE WILL GREATLY ASSIST OUR CASE. IT IS CONCEIVABLE

THAT THE WITHDRAWALS FROM THE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT WILL TIE IN WITH

THE VARIOUS BRIBES THAT WERE PAID.

(E) WE SHOULD OBTAIN EXPERT EVIDENCE DEALING WITH THE CONVERSION OF THE HONG KONG CURRENCY INTO STERLING AND REFERRED TO IN THE VARIOUS FXHIBITS MARKED M, N AND 0. RUSSELL'S PROPOSE TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR BANKERS, BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

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