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he would inve to act

Consequently if it was not poèsible for the

if an excention wont ahead,

Secretary of State to give an undertaking, not to

abolish the death penalty for a period of at

if he would not do so

least, say, 2 years; it would be better for it to

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Murray

shaght away could if necessary arrange for

be abolished,

a particularly difficult case to come up soon.

in his view

In other words, ¡either the Creech-Jones déspatch

should be reaffirmed, or the

Lenalty death, should be

death

legislated out of Hong Kong. On the other hand,

aboishal since Hong Kong did not want the death penalty

he as Governor could not propose that it could

be legislated out. Mr Wilford suggested that

sear the 5.75 and had

Sir Murray MacLehose, after he had had time to

reflect further in Hong Kong, should give us his further

considered views on how matters should go. But

the DOFC would be unlikely to take a decision in

hypothetical circumstances; they would want to do

so on the basis of an actual case. Mi Stecard dit not

EEC/GSP

if

(b)

Sir Murray MacLehose agreed that,

after it proved impossible for us to secure the

think it was

realistic

S.

to expect the 5.75.¢ five an assurance

that the death ferally should be mainternal

changes which Hong Kong want in our alignment with for 2 years: one coull

the EEC scheme, then, as a fall back, we should

try to limit the damage. As had been suggested

at the morning meeting, this might be done by

seeking a reduction in the quotas of textiles and

footwear of other suppliers.

(c)

Anglo/Hong Kong Relations

Sir Murray MacLehose made the point

that, since Hong Kong was likely to lose out on

conflicts of interns between Hory Kory and HMM E,

(this

the major issues, this should at least be used to

get what they want on some of the less important

If

questions, such as traffic rights for SAS.

they were all dealt with piece-meal, Hong Kong

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not foreace the holitical climate in

in Butin

the quation so for ahead.

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