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LETTER

No.

DRAFT

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

To:-

Top Secret.

Secret.

James Lamond JP, MP

House of Commons

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

--In Confidence

London SW 1

Type 1 +

FROM

Mi Anthony Royle

Telephone No. Ext.

Department

L

I wrote to you on 10 May about the

case of Mr Tsoi Kwok-cheong in Hong Kong. You will now wish & Ansi

This letter is to informed you that

the Secretary of State has forwarded Mr Tsoi's

La ber

petition to The Queen recommending Her Majesty

to

to grant a conditional pardon commuting the

sentence of death to one of life imprisonment, and

The Queen has now signed the Instrument of

Pardon.