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FROM: SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, GBE, KCMG, KCVO
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Capital Punish General Se Head
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
GRAFTON STREET LONDON WIX 3 L B
PERSONAL
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D. Nichdan,
It was,
Thank you for giving me so much of your time.
for me,
a very interesting and valuable meeting.
When I saw the Secretary of State at Bledlow I did not raise capital punishment. The circumstances (ladies present, mind on agriculture) were totally wrong and, in any case, on reflection I thought that until we had a constitutional view from the Lawyers it was premature to bother him. The Lawyers may well provide us with a defensible formula.
I look forward to seeing you and your wife in November.
Your
The Hon. Nicholas Ridley, MP,
Minister of State,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
King Charles Street,
London, SW1A 2AH.
May
HKG 380/8
- SEP 1981
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