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DEATH PENALTY IN THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
1. The Secretary of State's Memorandum to the Defence
and Oversea Policy Committee on this subject is due to be
considered at a meeting of the Committee on Wednesday,
11 July at 4.15 pm.
2.
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Miss Kelly Rutes
We now await the
minute of the DOP mect's
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I attach a Brief for the Secretary of State which has
been cleared with Legal Advisers.
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10 July 1973
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A C Stuart
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department
that the Sots should be faced with such very sony an akward paremal problem. If the Cabinet (DOPC) are
which they might prepared to envisage circumstances
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the law is necessary in H.K. If hower key Legal Advisersany excauation it would
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