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SECRET
SECRET
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 988 OF 3 SEPTEMBER. 1973.
RECEIVED:
GISTRY No.51 3 SEP 1973
HKKH+/M
MY TELNO 940, AMENDMENT OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT,
SIR ALASTAIR BLAIR-KERR HAS NOW SUBMITTED HIS SECOND REPORT,
2. IN IT HE RECOMMENDS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT
ON THE LINES PROPOSED BY ME IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF MY TELNO 949.
3. WHEN THE REPORT IS PUBLISHED, WHICH MAY BE BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THERE IS BOUND TO BE PUBLIC INQUIRY AS TO THE ATTITUDE OF HMG ON AMENDMENT TO THE ACT.
4. GRATEFUL, THEREFORE, IF YOU WOULD TREAT A REPLY TO MY TELEGRAM
949 AS A MATTER OF URGENCY.
NORMAN-WALKER
FILES
HKIOD
N & TO
LEGAL ADVISERS
NEWS D
MR SCOTT
SECRET
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