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CYPHER CAT A
FM FCO 231725Z
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(HKG· 380/1)--~
24 NOV 1977
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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO 904 OF 23 NOVEMBER
(185) YOUR TELNO 1154: DEATH SENTENCES
1. BERMUDA EXECUTIONS SET FOR 2 DECEMBER.
2. SITUATION IS MORE COMPLEX THAN SUGGESTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 3.
IT WOULD BE BETTER TO AVOID THIS LINE AND CONCENTRATE ON THE FIRST LINE (YOUR PARAGRAPH 2). BERMUDA HAS A LARGE DEGREE OF INTERNAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPLIED THAT IT IS FULLY INTERNALLY SELF-GOVERNING,
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WIAD
MR STRATTON
MR POSNETT
MR CORTAZZI
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