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thought right that they should be pressed for their own sake, then this should be done separately, and preferably in a circular inviting all our territories to consider their adoption.

7.

Recent developments indicate that if the Chinese are looking for a face-saving gesture it could centre on prisoners. We may well have to reconsider our stand on the question of their release.

If we do, it will have to be on the basis that release by way of amnesty is the only course open to us, linked in all probability to deportation or "release" to China.

20 March, 1968

Ls. Carter

S.

(W. S. Carter)

hu

Mr Godden.

For the reasons set out in pampspl 4 "suspended asatinces

9 paragraph 5

" reluse on

licence", I agree with the Carter

адже

that there devices would not meet the needs of Hong Kong in dealing

inth the type of prisoner

we are concerned with

I would suggest that this problem is neted as one

of

the

items for discusion with the former whe be ints London

next month.

gual. It kind thes, mehr has be

in to much detait.

ины.

21/3

evamme!

Could We discuss tho

de

intich frotten will the Sellers like in KK 2 Laden

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