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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 437 OF 6 MAY

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 349 OF 5 MAY.

LORD BROCKWAY'S PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION.

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1. THE FOLLOWING FIGURES GIVE THE POSITION UP TO 5 MAY 1975. THEY THEREFORE VARY THOSE GIVEN IN MY TELEGRAM NO 394 OF 23

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2. UP TO 5 MAY 1975 A TOTAL OF 8646 REPORTS WERE MADE TO THE ICA C OF WHICH 4545 WERE CONCERNED WITH CORRUPTION. IT WILL

BE OBSERVED THAT MANY REPORTS ARE MADE TO I C A C ON TOPICS BEYOND THEIR STATUTORY TERMS OF REFERENCE. A FURTHER POINT IS THAT MANY REPORTS ARE IN SUCH GENERAL TERMS AS TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO ENABLE AN INVESTIGATION TO BE LAUNCHED, UP TO 5 MAY 1420 INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED BY THE ICA C AND THERE HAVE SEEN 187 PROSECUTIONS. AS A RESULT OF THE 187 PROSECUTIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN 118 CONVICTIONS AND 39 CASES ARE PENDING IN THE COURTS,

3. UP TO THE 5 MAY, 54 POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED. THERE HAVE BEEN 34 CONVICTIONS AND 14 CASES ARE PENDING.

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