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CALL BY MR ALAIN ELLIS ON MR ROYLE AT 12 NOON ON

5 APRIL 1973 I

Present:

Mr Anthony Royle, MP

Mr Alan Ellis

Mr R B Crows on

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1. Mr Royle welcomed Mr Ellis, who said he was

now employed in press relations. Mr Royle said that

he was only seeing him because he was his constituent.

He had read his letter with great care. Over the

years Mr Ellis' complaint had been looked into by

two Commissione of Inquiry in Hong Kong and also

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by the Governor and by Ministers of different

· political parties in Britain.

substance in his complaints.

They have not found

Mr Ellis said that

what was needed was a proper inquiry appointed by

HMG in the United Kingdom. Hong Kong inquiries were

not satisfactory

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witnesses were not called and some

evidence was not taken. A hand-written letter which

he himself had submitted had been destroyed.

2. Mr Royle said that the Inspector General of

Colonial Police had recently submitted a report to

him on his visit in December to Hong Kong. He could

not find justification for allegations of corruption

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on any scale, although some cases were bound to

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