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CABINET
DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE
THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
Memorandum by the Secretary of State for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
The death penalty for murder still exists
in Hong Kong, in the condominium of New
Hebrides, and in the Dependent Territories of
Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Montserrat and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
of these except Hong Kong and the New Hebrides
have elected legislatures.
2.
All
Capital punishment could not be abolished
in the New Hebrides without the agreement of ·
the French, who would not give it. For the
rest, in 1965, 1970 and again in 1973, we con-
sulted the Governors concerned. In all these
places local opinion remains firmly in favour
of retention. Except in Hong Kong, to
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