PP HONG KONG
PROSIVE IN
GR 70
CYPHER CAT A
$1 7773
FM FCO 291812Z
1-ICK14/16
109
RESTRICTED
TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 533 OF 29 MAY.
FROM STUART.
DEATH PENALTY.
YOU ASKED ABOUT THE VIEWS OF MPS VISITING HONG KONG OVER THE WHITSUN RECESS. IN THE VOTING ON THE RESTORATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL IN APRIL JOPLING AND MICHAEL MCNAIR-WILSON SUPPORTED THE ABOLITIONIST CASE: RIDLEY, SHAW AND BRUCE-GARDYNE SUPPORTED RETENTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. IN THE VOTING ON THE NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL, THE LAST THREE
ABSTAINED.
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