he would inve to act
Consequently if it was not poèsible for the
if an excention wont ahead,
Secretary of State to give an undertaking, not to
abolish the death penalty for a period of at
if he would not do so
least, say, 2 years; it would be better for it to
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Murray
shaght away could if necessary arrange for
be abolished,
a particularly difficult case to come up soon.
in his view
In other words, ¡either the Creech-Jones déspatch
should be reaffirmed, or the
Lenalty death, should be
death
legislated out of Hong Kong. On the other hand,
aboishal since Hong Kong did not want the death penalty
he as Governor could not propose that it could
be legislated out. Mr Wilford suggested that
sear the 5.75 and had
Sir Murray MacLehose, after he had had time to
reflect further in Hong Kong, should give us his further
considered views on how matters should go. But
the DOFC would be unlikely to take a decision in
hypothetical circumstances; they would want to do
so on the basis of an actual case. Mi Stecard dit not
EEC/GSP
if
(b)
Sir Murray MacLehose agreed that,
after it proved impossible for us to secure the
think it was
realistic
S.
to expect the 5.75.¢ five an assurance
that the death ferally should be mainternal
changes which Hong Kong want in our alignment with for 2 years: one coull
the EEC scheme, then, as a fall back, we should
try to limit the damage. As had been suggested
at the morning meeting, this might be done by
seeking a reduction in the quotas of textiles and
footwear of other suppliers.
(c)
Anglo/Hong Kong Relations
Sir Murray MacLehose made the point
that, since Hong Kong was likely to lose out on
conflicts of interns between Hory Kory and HMM E,
(this
the major issues, this should at least be used to
get what they want on some of the less important
If
questions, such as traffic rights for SAS.
they were all dealt with piece-meal, Hong Kong
L
not foreace the holitical climate in
in Butin
the quation so for ahead.
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