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6.
Course (c) is the earlier release of
to coincide with that of the other
journalists at the earliest date possible. If
this were to be the decision, clearly it would
place the Governor in a very difficult position in that he has just accepted the Review
Board's recommendation to reduce the sentence
to three years instead of five and will be
justifying this as a normal review procedure quite unconnected with the Grey case. It would be hard to explain, although not impossible, if the Governor by exercise of his prerogative went beyond the
recommendation of the Review Board so soon
after he had accepted it and released
with the other prisoners at an earlier date. I do not think however there is any doubt that this course provides the best opportunity of getting the release of Mr. Grey and will avoid the risks which I have mentioned above of a
release by stages as envisaged in course (b).
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