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You will recall that both before
and during Lord Shepherd's visit to
discussin Hong Kong there was a decision about
an amnesty for communist prisoners,
as a formal gesture to the CPG, which
might help to improve Sino-British
This lapsed becaus relations. As you know, all of us
know tie of no here are, however, doubtful about the
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timing and the value of such a step.
Lord Shepherd later suggested that what we might usefully consider was whether the idea of "suspended sentences" as recently introduced here might be a
more acceptable alternative since it
would not involve you giving a free
pardon. At the same time it was noted
that the Criminal Justice Act 1967 also
introduced a system of release on
licence for long-term prisoners. We
have been looking into this suggestion.
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