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1. Card ack. 8/5

BRISTOL CAMPAIGN FOR THE WORLD-WIDE ( HK (0)

ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

Secretary:

Jim Little

70 Novers Park Rd.

Bristol 4.

May 6

TH

1973.

Assistant Sec.:

Roger Moody

to reply pse, bett.

Co-Editor "Peace News"

5 Caledonian Road London N1.

7/5.

Chairman;

Mr. R.W. Burt 8 Grove Park Bristol 6.

Treasurer:

Miss M. Petty 12 Bankside Road Bristol 4.

The Minister responsible for Hong Dear Sir

(2)

I mist apologise for not knowing to whom

to direct this appeal.

I connection with on

we have received a

ap 27, 1973.

the Queen

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Campaign's activities

cutting from the "age" of Melbourne, Australia about the plea for mercy being directed to

behalf of Tsoi Kwok-cheong of Hong Kong. The cutting gives details of the crime, something ground of Tson who came from mainland and also the circumstance as regards executions in Hong Kong. According to this there have been no ex- ecutions for nearly seven

of the lack

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problems like

years.

mittedly Hong Kong seems to have its major

other

places, but we deduce from

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the long history of the study of capital punishment that,

execution's make for many

more of evils than they attempt to solve, and that the authorities should set

example

If magnanimity and concern for human life and its scantity. of

Would you please do all all concerned to this end.

Jes

cam

to influence Yours sincerely Jim Little.