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Williams,

I wrote to Irs. Shirley

her to potest about the

in the autumn, to encourage disgraceful state of corruption in Hong Kong. She

replied that it was a pass the letter on to

matter for

you

jou

and that

jor

that she would would be writing

tome. Now that

are

even consider a little action?

are

well

- the

you

in the Foreign Office, I am

wondering whether you might

you

I am sure

aware of the problem all-pervasive bribery, the abuse of the law, and expecially the correction within the police force, which commiver at the extremely lucrative drug trafficking. I an sure I do but need to tell

you

what should be done

16 is obviously a very difficult to achieve anything, and

many consider it

impo

ossible. However, I feel

afel very strongly

that a British administration should at least bees to

Tam own hands clean & that is why I am particularly

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