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нна 38013
1981
PS/LPS PS
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN INDEPENDENT TERRITORIES
BBR
1. Mr Luce has seen the attached submission from Mr Clift and Mr Donald's minute, and, after careful consideration, has commented that he agrees with the recommendation. The Minister has commented that to change the present policy might stir things up unnec- essarily and create considerable difficulties. He thinks it is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
2. Mr Luce has further commented that should the question of capital punishment be raised in the future, by the requirement for a further execution (there are, however, no cases pending at the moment), then this would obviously be raised in Parliament and then would be the time to look at all this again.
How Jam.
PL Bean
APS/Mr Luce
4 November 1981
cc:
Mr Donald
Mr Ure
Mr Rushford
Mr Edwards (WIAD)
Mr Clift HKGD)
Miss Brett Pro
BBR G11
Mr. Willians. Jr..
애니
CONFIDENTIAL
(12)
Also at HKG 380/8
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