TNAG-0401-FCO40-447-Review-of-the-death-sentence-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 78

PP HONG KONG

PROSIVE IN

GR 70

CYPHER CAT A

$1 7773

FM FCO 291812Z

1-ICK14/16

109

RESTRICTED

TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 533 OF 29 MAY.

FROM STUART.

DEATH PENALTY.

YOU ASKED ABOUT THE VIEWS OF MPS VISITING HONG KONG OVER THE WHITSUN RECESS. IN THE VOTING ON THE RESTORATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BILL IN APRIL JOPLING AND MICHAEL MCNAIR-WILSON SUPPORTED THE ABOLITIONIST CASE: RIDLEY, SHAW AND BRUCE-GARDYNE SUPPORTED RETENTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. IN THE VOTING ON THE NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL, THE LAST THREE

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