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1. Sir Anthony Royle has written to Lord Goronwy-Roberts, returning Flag the photographs which Lord Goronwy-Roberts sent to him on 20 February.

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2. The background to the long history of this case was summarized in Mr Stuart's submissions of 6 May and 16 December last year.

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letter dated 27 January, Lord Goronwy-Roberts told Sir A Royle that the Independent Commission against Corruption was going to try to locate "Ah Lam", the roomboy at Hung Hom Police Station who, Mr Ellis alleges, tried in 1962 to pass him a bribe; and on 10 February the Commission's Director of Operations sent to the Department photographs of all the civilians employed at Hung Hom Police Station over the period relevant to Mr Ellis's complaint. The ICAC believed that the photograph of "Ah Lam" might be number 10.

3. Mr Ellis in fact thinks, to the best of his recollection and belief, that "

" is pictured in number 16. Photographs numbers 10 and 16 are significantly different. There is little point therefore in asking Mr Ellis to think again; and I suggest that I should now return the photographs to the ICAC, asking that we continue to be kept informed

of the progress of the Commission's investigations.

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I recommend that Lord Goronwy-Roberts should write to Sir A Royle

on the lines of the attached draft.

10 March 1975

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