TNAG-0601-FCO40-749-Capital-punishment-in-Dependent-Territories-1977 — Page 6

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CONFIDENTIAL

GR 70

CYPHER CAT A

FM FCO 231725Z

CONFIDENTIAL

R

(HKG· 380/1)--~

24 NOV 1977

INDEX

No

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG TELNO 904 OF 23 NOVEMBER

(185) YOUR TELNO 1154: DEATH SENTENCES

1. BERMUDA EXECUTIONS SET FOR 2 DECEMBER.

2. SITUATION IS MORE COMPLEX THAN SUGGESTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 3.

IT WOULD BE BETTER TO AVOID THIS LINE AND CONCENTRATE ON THE FIRST LINE (YOUR PARAGRAPH 2). BERMUDA HAS A LARGE DEGREE OF INTERNAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IMPLIED THAT IT IS FULLY INTERNALLY SELF-GOVERNING,

OWEN

FILES

HK & GD

WIAD

MR STRATTON

MR POSNETT

MR CORTAZZI

CONFIDENTIAL

1199

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