CONFIDENTIAL Reference....
Mr Rushford (Legal Adviser K 188)
(83)
DEATH PENALTY IN HONG KONG
I attach for your information a copy of a minute from the Private Office which was not originally copied to you.
We are telegraphing the Governor Hong Kong to help establish the time-scale
para. 3 of Mr Grattan's minute. Gibraltar and General Dept. are telegraphing all other dependent territories.
We should be grateful for any urgent comments you may have on paragraph 6 of Mr Grattan's minute. Gibraltar and General Dept. are working on the draft of an outline paper, starting with Hong Kong
and/8X81épendent territories.
forward it to us for aubmission.
They will then
16 May 1973
P. M. Kelly (Miss) Hong Kong & Indian
Ocean Dept. K 245
(17293) Dd.897465 400m 1/73 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863