GR 140
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT A
FM HONG KONG 221000Z
CONFIDENTIAL
:
TO
هما
HKK OS!!!
os
RECENCD85GISTRY NO. 51
5 SEP 1978
FICER
RES
PA
Action Ten
25
IX
+
CONFIDENTIAL
TO IMMEDIATE F CO TELNO 1125 OF 22 SEPTEMBER 1976.
PERSONAL FROM GOVERNOR FOR MCLAREN.
MY TELNO 1123: SGT WALNE.
1. WE WERE AMAZED BY THIS SENTENCE WHICH WE CONSIDER TO HAVE
BEEN TOTALLY IMPROPER, THE CROWN COUNSEL EVEN CONSIDERED CALLING FOR A REVIEW OF SENTENCE, BUT HE DECIDED, I THINK RIGHTLY, THAT THIS WOULD ONLY BE MORE LIKELY TO ATTRACT PUBLICITY
2. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SUCH A SENTENCE HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON
A MAN OF THIS AGE FOR THIS SORT OF OFFENCE SINCE THE MANDATORY
SENTENCE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1972, THOUGH WE HAVE NOT CHECKED EVERY
CASE, IT WAS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE DID NOT MENTION THE
POSSIBILITY IN MY TELNO 1039.
3. WE STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED IN THIS
INSTANCE THE ACCUSED'S PREFERENCE BEING COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.
MACLEMOSE
FILES
HK & AD (6)
HARD
GD
DEFENCE D
NEWS D
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
CONFIDENTIAL