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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY RO. 51 - 9 OCT 1978
DESK OFFICER INDEX
TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 1176 OF 6 OCTOBER 1970
FOR MURRAY FROM GOVERNOR.
MY TELNOS 1173, 1174 AND 1175.
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THE ICAC.
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THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION HAS CONTINUED ITS
SUCCESSFUL AND MANY-SIDED OPERATION.
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SINCE THE PARTIAL AMNESTY ON 5 NOVEMBER LAST YEAR THE QUESTION IN MANY MINDS HAS BEEN WHETHER THINGS WOULD SLIP BACK INTO THE BAD OLD WAYS, IN SPITE OF THE APPARENT DETERMINATION OF THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SO. THE COMMISSIONER ASSURES ME THAT THERE IS NO. EVIDENCE THAT ANYTHING OF THE SORT HAS HAPPENED, NOR HAS THERE BEEN ANY RETROGRESSION AS FAR AS SYNDICATED CORRUPTION IS CONCERNED. WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THE RESOURCES OF THE POWERFUL OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT ARE NOW FREED FROM DELVING INTO THE PAST AND ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON INVESTIGATING AND MONITORING THE PRESENT. THE WHOLE POSITION WITHIN BOTH THE PUB AND PRIVATE SECTORS IS TRANSFORMED FROM WHAT IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACHIEVEMENT IN WHICH MANY HAVE PLAYED A PART AS WELL AS THE ICAC, AND IN WHICH ALL OF US CAN TAKE
PRIDE.
IN MOST OTHER COMMUNITIES THERE IS A ELEMENT OF CORRUPTION. HERE,
WHERE RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH PUBLIC REVELATION
OF WIDE-SCALE CORRUPTION, WE MUST ACCEPT THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE
TO BE DONE. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME PEOPLE READY TO INDULGE IN
CORRUPTION, AND WE MUST THEREFORE BE VIGILANT AND EQUIPPED TO PREVENT A RELAPSE INTO THE SITUATION FROM WHICH WE HAVE JUST
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