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hope Mr Stewart will do his best to ensure this.

I do not, however, think that we can or should now go back to our FCO Ministers to ask them to reconsider the basic proposal. I still think that it would cause a political storm if a death penalty were now carried out in a British dependency.

20 September 1977

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R N Posnett

Dependent Territories Adviser

Cory to:

Mr Cortazzi

Mr Stratton

Mr Bickford

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