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MY TELNO 36: ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN VENEZUELAN CONSULATE
1. DHM WAS TELEPHONED ON 21 FEBRUARY BY KERSHAW, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATING OFFICER OF INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC), HONG KONG. KERSHAW ASKED FOR THE NAME AND NUMBER OF THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IN THE VENEZUELAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR WITH WHOM HE COULD DISCUSS THIS CASE OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION. HE INDICATED THAT ICAC WAS IN A POSITION TO MAKE AN ARREST AT ANY TIME.
2. DHM BRIEFLY DESCRIBED LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS SET OUT IN TUR AND UNDERTOOK TO SEARCH FOR AN APPROPRIATE NAME.
3. FOLLOWING TELECON DHM/STONE (HKD), CONFIRMING STATUS OF ICAC, DHM WILL RING KERSHAW ON 22 FEBURARY WITH INFORMATION REQUESTED.
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