TNAG-0258-FCO40-294-Legislation-relating-to-criminal-procedure-in-Hong-Kong-1971 — Page 85

See the force, however, in the last part A. para

10. M: Carter's submission.

Love Shepherd felt that

chance

If however

we could take a

this aspect, provider the Gremor

acted at the firer prosible opportunity,

I would

not object

Sir L. Monam

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1972

Mr. Wilford

I am not yet convinced that it is right to take such a

hard line on this.

2.

The object of the exercise, as I see it from reading the

papers attached to the submission, was to protect the courts and

the discharge of justice from the intervention of mob violence with- out resort to the introduction of a state of Emergency because of the damaging effect this could have on the economy and public

confidence.

3.

By agreeing to S.122 as far as the proceedings of the court

up to the announcement of the verdict we have accepted the

/Governor's