CONFIDENTIAL FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 172
OF 111031Z NOVEMBER 1987
AND TO PRIORITY FCO
MUJ 3822
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ITALNOV 1987
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FOR HONG KONG POLITICAL ADVISER FROM CLIFT.
FCO TELNO.2611 TO HONG KONG: ICAC INTEREST IN CHINESE LAND
COMMISSION MEMBER.
SUN YANHENG RAISED THIS CASE WITH ME IN JLG MARGINS ON 10 NOVEMBER. HE ASKED WHETHER ICAC DEFINITELY WANTED CHUNG AS A WITNESS. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, HE SAID THAT, IF THAT WERE THE CASE, HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES TO WAIVE CHUNG'S AT THE SAME IMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF THE PRECEDENT THIS WOULD CREATE. TIME THEY WANTED TO CO-OPERATE WITH ICAC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. CHUNG COULD HELP WITHOUT GIVING FORMAL EVIDENCE, THIS MIGHT BE EASIER FOR THEM.
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2. I SAID I THOUGHT ICAC MIGHT INDEED BE HOPING TO HAVE CHUNG'S HELP WE AS A WITNESS BUT WOULD FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRESENT THINKING WAS. AGREED THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER WORD BACK IN HONG KONG NEXT WEEK. IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, WOULD YOU PLEASE SEE WHETHER ICAC WOULD FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE ANY LESSER ASSISTANCE THAN FORMAL EVIDENCE FROM CHUNG. IT DOES NOT LOOK AS THOUGH WE SHALL GET AGREEMENT TO HIS BEING A WITNESS.
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