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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 629 OF 20 JUNE. 1973

PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR,

YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 658: DEATH SENTENCE: YEUNG PIU-YAN,

THANK YOU, OUR LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE HAD A LOOK AT THE PAPERS. THEIR INFORMAL VIEW IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR JUSTICE BRIGGS FOR CLEMENCY IS RIGHT IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE,

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