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No.
SECURIT
DRAFT
LASSIFICATION
To:-
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
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Type 1 +
From
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
DSR11
Q.
Does Her Majesty's Government agree with the statement made on 9 December in the Bermuda House of
Assembly by the Premier to the effect that once
Her Majesty, advised by UK Ministers, had declined to grant a reprieve, the Governor, without further specific instructions from Her Majesty, would have no further power under Section 23 of the Bermuda Constitution to
grant a reprieve.
A.
This is a question which is currently being examined
in the general context of the application of the
Creech-Jones doctrine.
Dd 108087 400M 5&K 1/77
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