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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
7 FEB 1978
123
147)
Thank you for your
letter of 25 January regarding
the case of Sylvester Gaston in the British Virgin Islands.
As you will have seen from the copy of my statement
in the House on 5 December which I enclosed with my letter of
7 December, the Government are prepared to review the question of
capital punishment in the Dependent Overseas Territories if that
is Parliament's wish. In the meantime, it would not be right
for me to make any commitment on the case of Sylvester Gaston
although I can assure you that I am taking a very close interest
in it.
D Simpson Esq.,
HKG 3861
RECEIVED
- 8 FEB 1978
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