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TELEGRAM NUMBER 59 OF 15 JANUARY

PERSONAL FOR FORD FROM SCOTT.

ALLEGATIONS BY RICHARD DUFFY.

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IT WAS REPORTED HERE ON 13 JANUARY BY TVB THAT DUFFY HAS BEEN TOUTING ROUND THE UK PRESS THE CLAIMED LIST OF SUSPECTED HOMOSEXUALS IN HIGH PLACES. THE TVB NEWS REPORT SUGGESTED THAT THE OBSERVER MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT IT FOR SOME HK DOLLARS 160,000.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE ALLEGED LIST HAS BEEN BELIEVED TO BE IN THE HANDS OF THE PRESS HERE FOR SOME MONTHS, BUT SO FAR EDITORS HAVE

TREATED IT WITH TOTAL DISCRETION..

SHOULD YOU BE ASKED, YOU MAY FIND IT USEFUL TO KNOW SOMETHING OF DUFFY'S RECORD:

HE WAS SENTENCED IN OCTOBER 1978 TO 3 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT (ON 4 COUNTS OF BUGGERY AND 3 OF GROSS INDECENCY, THE SENTENCES TO RUN CONCURRENTLY. ''VICTIMS'' AGES 14-16. HE PLEADED GUILTY). HE FAILED (THROUGH MISCONDUCT) TO GET FULL REMISSION ON HIS SENTENCE, AND WAS RELEASED ON 21 OCTOBER 1980. HE WAS SERVED WITH A SUBPOENA AT KAI TAK AIRPORT. HOWEVER HE BRUSHED THIS ASIDE AND BOARDED A PLANE FOR BANGKOK AGAIN HARDLY THE SORT OF ACTION A CRICKET CAPTAIN WOULD ENDORSE. (THERE WAS ALSO HIS EARLIER INNINGS WITH GRANADA TV). THE PRESS BUZZ IS THAT HE IS ON HIS WAY TO SOME HIDEOUT WHENCE HE INTENDS TO BARGAIN WITH THE COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY FOR A FEE AND FOR PERMISSION TO TESTIFY LAST.

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