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3RD MARCH 1982

TO COMMISSIONER, ICAC

FROM HELEN YU, LONDON OFFICE

REPEATED TO: FCO/HKGD (MR WILLIAMSON)

(MR MASEFIELD)

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WITH CLIPPING

SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS

''LEICESTER MERCURY ARTICLE.

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AP 5/3.

FURTHER TO MY TEL NO LM 115 OF 2.3.82, REV KEN FARMERS' LETTER AND CLIPPING HAVE NOW COME IN. HE HAS CONFIRMED THAT HE IS COPYING THE CLIPPING TO YOU AND 'TO DAWSON AND THAT HE HOPES TO SEE THE CHIEF CONSTABLE. HE ALSO PROPOSES TO SEE QUOTE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF THE ''LEICESTER MERCURY UNQUOTE TO SHOW THEM YOUR LETTER TO THE BIRMINGHAM

PAPER.

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2. ON THE LEICESTER MERCURY ARTICLE ITSELF. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UNFORTUNATE ASPECTS FOR HONG KONG GENERALLY, EG:

(A) THE HEADLINE BUSTING CRIME ON A CORRUPT COLONY '' AND

(3) THE OPENING PARAGRAPH WITH GEOFF BARRETT

" HUNDREDS OF CROOKED POLICE OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE CORRUPTION-RIDDLED COLONY OF HONG KONG''

THESE APART, THE REST OF THE ARTICLE IS IN MY VIEW RELATIVELY WELL-BALANCED.

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WHEN YOU GET THE ARTICLE AND HAVE STUDIED IT, WILL YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK?

MEANWHILE, I SHALL WRITE REV FARMER TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT, TO ENDORSE AGAIN HIS PROPOSAL TO USE YOUR LETTER AND TO SAY THAT I AM IN TOUCH WITH YOU.

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