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RECORD OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
SECRETARY AND THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG HELD AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON FRIDAY 11 APRIL 1975 AT 11.30 A.M.
Present
The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan MP
Mr P L O'Keeffe OVO'
HE Sir Murray MacLehose KOMG MBE
Mr T McNally
'Mr R N Dales
DEATH PENALTY
6.
Mr Callaghan said that he wanted to congratulate
Sir Murray on the compromise that he had worked out with the Executive Council on the question of the death penalty. It remained the position that, with the current attitude of Parliament in the UK, there was no chance of a Secretary of State permitting the death sentence to be carried out in Hong Kong. Sir Murray MacLehose said that this would almost certainly be the first question ho would be anked by the members of the press on his return to Hong Kong and it was agreed that he might make the Secretary of State's position clear in reply to any questions.
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The meeting concluded with Mr Callaghan congratulating Sir Murray on his achievements as Governor and on his policies for the Colony which appeared exactly right.
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department
16 April 1975
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PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts
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Mr Wilford
Mr Male
Mr McNally
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