TNAG-0681-FCO40-830-Review-of-death-sentences-passed-on-members-of-UK-armed-forc-1977 — Page 72

+3, Lady:vell Way,

West Farm lestate. Pondeland

Dear Mr. Kippen,

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Tierthumberland,

10th May 1977.

I have fust read in the local == that two Binkish solchers are unched sentence death for the murder of a Chinese civilian in Hang động

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Whost I do not ccutone murder, may

Jusk to lock into the Corcumstances secrrounding the affacst with a view to teiping these two men

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This case his a chilling resemblance to aceptable Hair that? remember from my an Service inys, when in leguption taxi-drive: pus killed in a drain bount inth Mirce By Mch soldier, even the legyptions at the time put it clown to no more than a drunken maitint, notwith stacking this, our precious "foreign Office, to demonstrate the litter impartiality i

the Binkshkuj. wired all their influence to excuse

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these three soldiers. How as I remember the affair,

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(it rather the aftermath) the Crelliant intervention of

Forely? ipfice had exactly the opposite effect in the EgypMani to that they thought they would achieve, the

offer. You to our presence in the Suez Canal Zone increased to hormile preprationt, because the Egyption macken was that if that is what the Polish do to their son bivil, what the hell are they going to finish up torny to les pout wogs!