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CONFIDENTIAL Reference....

Mr Rushford (Legal Adviser K 188)

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DEATH PENALTY IN HONG KONG

I attach for your information a copy of a minute from the Private Office which was not originally copied to you.

We are telegraphing the Governor Hong Kong to help establish the time-scale

para. 3 of Mr Grattan's minute. Gibraltar and General Dept. are telegraphing all other dependent territories.

We should be grateful for any urgent comments you may have on paragraph 6 of Mr Grattan's minute. Gibraltar and General Dept. are working on the draft of an outline paper, starting with Hong Kong

and/8X81épendent territories.

forward it to us for aubmission.

They will then

16 May 1973

P. M. Kelly (Miss) Hong Kong & Indian

Ocean Dept. K 245

(17293) Dd.897465 400m 1/73 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863