TNAG-0400-FCO40-446-Review-of-the-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 140

(5941) Dd.897

■ 9/72 G.W.B.Ltd. Gp.863

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

(iii) to notify the Governors that the Foreign aud

Commonwealth Secretary would in all cases in

which a petition is addressed to The Queen

would advise The Queen to exercise her

prerogative of mercy.

I am sending copies of this letter to the

Private Secretaries to the Home Secretary, Secretary

-of-State for Northern Ireland, Chief Whip, Lord

-President, Secretary of State for Defence, Attorney

General and Sir Burke Trend.'