UNCLASSIFIED
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3132
OF 27171OZ NOVEMBER 87
ния
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30 NOV 1927 UNCLASSIFIED
INDRA
PA
004076
MDHOAN 3883
COP DIST
FOR WONG A G'S CHAMBERS, FROM MORRIS, HKD
YOUR FAX OF 26 NOVEMBER REVIEW OF LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES
YOUR
MY LETTER TO YOU OF 20 NOVEMBER READS AS FOLLOWS
BEGINS
IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FAX OF 6 NOVEMBER, ENCLOSE COPIES WHICH MAY BE OF HELP TO YOU.
1.
2=
PARAGRAPH 4 OF CIRCULAR 577/60 CONVEYED A REQUEST NEXT
THREE WORDS UNDERLINED (NOT AN INSTRUCTION) TO RECIPIENTS OF THE CIRCULAR TO INFORM HMG OF ANY CHANGES (OF LEGISLATION) MADE AS A
RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM.
3. I ENCLOSE A COPY OF A HONG KONG SAVINGRAM, NO 2524 DATED 29 NOVEMBER 1960, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF CIRCULAR 577/60 AND SAYS, IN PARAGRAPH 2, THAT QUOTE IT IS PROPOSED TO EMBODY THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN LEGISLATION UNQUOTE. I DO NOT KNOW
WHETHER ANY SUCH LEGISLATION WAS EVER ENACTED.
4.
I AM STILL TRYING TO DISCOVER WHETHER THERE IS A UNIFORM
SYSTEM OF PERIODIC REVIEWS OF LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES IN ALL
BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES, BUT IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF YOUR REQUEST I AM SENDING THIS INTERIM REPLY. I WILL SEND YOU FURTHER
INFORMATION BY TELEGRAM AS SOON AS I CAN.
ENDS
HOWE
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