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RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HELD AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL AT 10.00 A.M.

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Lord Goronwy-Roberts

Mr D Ennals

Sir D Watson

Mr P JE Male

Mr P L O'Keeffe Mr W Bentley

Mr AC Galsworthy Mr B H Dinwiddy

RECEIVED REGISTRY No.52

IV CRIME AND CORRUPTION

11.

28 APR 1975

HKK 14/1

Sir Murray MacLehose

Sir Murray MacLehose said that the Independent Commission Against Corruption's honeymoon period was now over. Although the prosecution of Godber had been an important milestone, it could not be expected that the Commission's work would be universally welcomed, and the press were now tending to seek out its imperfections. To some extent this was a good sign as it showed that the Commission

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