CONFIDENTIAL
REGISTRY NO.
31 JUL1974
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Minutes(74)26th Meeting
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MINUTES OF THE 26th MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OP HONG KONG
Held in the Council Chamber
ON TUESDAY, 23rd JULY 1974
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Bar Y.K., Kan, drew attention to the written
answer given by the Minister of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs on foth july 1974 about.
The death penalty. ile considered that, the gentenery "the preʊgative of mercy is delegated to the Governor To be considered in each came as it ari cog" worn thes Leading, as The patty of the gimmtion had her i
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asked that the minutes of this meeting record the Council's concern over the Minister's statement.
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Bir Y.K. Kan referred to the procession by students on 22nd July to the Korean Consulate, where the students painted on the walls of the. Consulate, set fire to a Forean flag and threw
ids reming into the Consulaten. The television news had 'reported that the police had followed
procezaion, bựt thai die GovermİLİ
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