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1. The Governor has told us (Hong Kong telegram No 598) that
Chan's case is due to be considered by the Hong Kong Executive
Council on 12 June.
2.
We already have many of the papers of this case. The
Legal Advisers have written a preliminary comment on it. The
Attorney General, Hong Kong has a copy of this comment and I
have given a copy to the Governor
3. The Attorney General's own comment to me was he thought
it most unlikely that Executive Council would not recommend a
reprieve, and the Governor said that there was no question but
that a reprieve would be granted. He has confirmed this in
his telegram No 574 (paragraph 4). There is therefore no need
for us to consider the merits of the case further.
4.
Nevertheless, in view of the complications of the Tsoi
case, I think it would be as well to send a reply to say that
we have noted when the case will be considered. It is conceivable
that there might be public comment in Hong Kong or trouble with
Executive Council. (Sir Y K Kan, the most vocal critic of
The Queen's decision in the Tsoi case, will be back in Hong Kong
in time to take part in the discussion on Chan.) But the facts
of this case are such (especially the fact that Chan did not
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