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FM HONG KONG 200525Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TEL NO.197 OF 20 FEBRUARY 78.
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MY TELNO.172: PRISONERS
1. SO WE ARE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY POSSIBLE QUESTION WHICH MAY BE
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IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHAT WOULD BE THE LIKELY TIMETABLE AND STAGES IN ANY SUBSEQUENT RELEASE OF THESE PERSONS FROM PRISON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IF THEY ARE TRANSFERREDTHERE.
2. ALTHOUGH THERE IS PROVISION IN SECTION 8 OF THE COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACT, 1884 FOR THE POWERS OF REVIEW TO BE CONTINUED TO BE VESTED IN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WE BELIEVE
FROM EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE (E.G THE BAHAMAS) THAT SUCH PRISONERS ARE IN PRACTICE GENERALLY TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.K PENAL POLICY AND PROCEDURE. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THEY SEEM LIKELY EVENTUALLY TO BE RELEASED EARLIER THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN HAD THEY SERVED THEIR SENTENCE WHOLLY IN HONG KONG.
MACLEHOSE
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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MRS THATCHER HOME OFFICE
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