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Your telegram No 1180: BLAIR-KERR REPORT

There are

1. The position regarding the Fugitive Offenders Act

remains as explained in my telegram No 1031.

considerable difficulties but the question is still under

examination.

2.

Amendment to Colonial Regulations (paras 5 - 7 of

your tel); Our suggested amendment was drafted to take

account of the sound principle that a person should not

twice be put in danger of punishment for the same oilence.

We agree that there is a problem of definition, out this

no. No is true of any possible formula. Moreover the amendment

now prepese is not necessary to enable you to get rid of an

officer quickly and quietly from the public service, despite

/his acquittal