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MP'S LETTER: HONG KONG: MS VERTUCCI
Problem
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To reply to a letter dated 2 March from the Right Honourable
Tony Benn MP concerning Ms Christine Vertucci.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Secretary of State reply on the lines
of the attached draft.
Background and Argument
3. The background to this. case is contained in my submission
of 2 March. The Lord Privy Seal has considered Ms Vertucci's
petition to the Secretary of State and upheld the Hong Kong
Government's decision on his behalf.
4.
There is continued Parliamentary interest in this case
and an Early Day Motion, signed so far by 119 MPs, has been put
down criticising the Hong Kong Government's decision in this
matter. The Leader of the House has been briefed accordingly.
Attached.
5 March 1982
Dip
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department
cc Mr Giffard
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