Registry No. HW
DEPARTMENT
CONFIDENTIAL
HONG KONG & INDIAN OCEAN DEPT
PRIORITY MARKINGS
* Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should
reach addressee(s)........
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret
Secret
Confidential
(Date).........
Despatched
Restricted
Unclassified
Flash
Immediate
Priority
Routine
❤
}
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
En Clair. Code Cypher
Draft Telegram to:—
GOVERNOR HONG KONG
PERSONAL
[ Privacy marking
-if any
[Codeword-if any]
[Sect
Security classification' -if any
ion]
]
Addressed to
PERSONAL GOVERNOR
GOVERNOR HONG KONG
telegram .................
(date)
No.
And to
(Date) 26/4/7.3.
repeated for information to
And to:-
17
NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN
Saving to............
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM WILFORD
Repeat to:-[] YOUR TELEGRAM NO 422: DEATH SENTENCE
Saving to:-
Distribution:- Mr Wilford Sir D Watson
Mr Larmour Hd HKIOD
In the light of the situation in Northern Ireland, the question of the future of the death penalty in
the Dependent Territories has now gone to the Prime
Minister but is unlikely
Xo be discussed until
unlikely to
next week. Your constitutional position and the
political situation Hong Kong are very much in
1
mind, and there is no need for further representa-
tions from you for the time being.
Ler
Ministers also
have in mind the imperative need to avoid delay in
the case of Tsoi.
Copies to:-
CONFIDENTIAL