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From the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

9 May 1974

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Dear Anthony,

I wrote to you on 11 April in reply to your letter of 14 March, addressed to Joan Lestor, with which you had enclosed a letter from your constituent, Mr Alan Ellis of 20 Bishops Close, Ham Common, Richmond, promising to write again as soon as we had further news from Hong Kong.

Mr Cater, the Commissioner of the Independent Commission against Corruption has now confirmed that, if there is fresh and conclusive evidence of corruption in Mr Ellis's case, his Commission will look at it, since this is the Commission's function. At the same time he has pointed out that the Commission Against Corruption could not concern itself with any administrative aspects of Mr Ellis's case.

If the Commission are to have any chance of turning up anything new, it will be necessary for Mr Ellis to set out clearly his evidence and allegations of specific corruption, in a form which can be investigated by the Commission. In particular it would be helpful if Mr Ellis could set out in a memorandum the new evidence on corruption which he would have put before the 1965 enquiry if he had appeared before it. Mr Ellis could submit his evidence in writing either directly

Sir Anthony Royle KCMG MP

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