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5. THE OPERATIONS TARGET COMMITTEE, WHICH CONSISTS OF PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, CONSIDERED A REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION ON 30 OCTOBER, 1975. MEMBERS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT MR PUN WAS HIMSELF A MEMBER OF A CONSPIRACY TO SWINDLE ANOTHER, AND THAT HE ONLY BECAME RESENTFUL WHEN HE REALISED, TOO LATE, THAT HE WAS THE REAL TARGET OF THE SWINDLE. IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT MR PUN NOW APPEARED TO BE OBSESSED BY THE AFFAIR AND UNABLE TO MAKE ANY RATIONAL JUDGEMENTS RELATED TO IT. THE COMMITTEE ADVISED THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE UNFOUNDED

AND THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHOULD BE SO INFORMED SINCE THE POSSIBILITY OF PROSECUTING MR PUN FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL HAD TO BE

CONSIDERED. NO DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN YET ON THIS LATTER POINT.

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