TNAG-0600-FCO40-748-Capital-punishment-in-Dependent-Territories-1977 — Page 18

CONFIDENTI AL

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But only in the case of Hong Kong (where capital punishment has in effect been suspended since 1973) did the Governor feel that local reactions would be so adverse as to lead him to recommend that the abolition or suspension of the death penalty for murder should not be pursued, In the Caribbean, the feeling of Governors is that abolition or suspension could be considered but that it would be

best imposed unilaterally and openly from outside.

SONIZY TUMAINI AT-