TNAG-0692-FCO40-842-Congolese-diplomatic-correspondence-found-at-Kai-Tak-Airport-1977 — Page 2

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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIA,

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

布政司署 BY BAG

香港下亞畢道

* OUR Ref.:

SCR L/M 32T

**** Your Ref.: HKK 404/1

ادر

31

14 SEP 1977

INDEX

PA

TURY

Taken

T J DAVID ESQ

KONG KONG & GENERAL DEPARTMENT

F CO

hew Tim.

سلم

"THE GREAT SUITCASE MYSTERY"

LET

ker.

8 September 1977

R. Enteer on

04

TJ

13/11.

22)

With reference to para 3 of your letter of

22 August to Fifoot, we have double checked with the two Police officers who saw the suitcase whilst it was in Hong Kong and they are both positive that there was no label on it giving any indication as to the sender.

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There is also the point, even more conclusive in my opinion, that if there had been any such indication, the manager of the new cargo terminal, who is renowned throughout the airline world for his pursuit of every possible shekel in connection with the slightest packet that passes through his portals, and he is appropriately called Mr Best, would have gone to every conceivable length to get the money which was owed to him as a result of the lengthy presence of the suitcase on his premises.

Yums

Chres

(C D S Drace-Francis)

CC

PRN Fifoot Esq

UK MI S

New York

PJ Roberts Esq

West Africa Department

F CO

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