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(iii) to notify the Governors that the Foreign aud
Commonwealth Secretary would in all cases in
which a petition is addressed to The Queen
would advise The Queen to exercise her
prerogative of mercy.
I am sending copies of this letter to the
Private Secretaries to the Home Secretary, Secretary
-of-State for Northern Ireland, Chief Whip, Lord
-President, Secretary of State for Defence, Attorney
General and Sir Burke Trend.'