HKC 380/1 !
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PRIVACY MARKING
CONF.
DRAFT
Munte.
To:-
P.S. MR Rowlands
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SYLVESTER GASTON
Type 1 +
From
Mn Stewart.
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
I. In your minute of 27 January you said that Mr Rowlands had
enquired whether there was any way that we can inform Mr Wallace
that he would have our full support if he stands out against hi
local prerogative of mercy committee.
2 On 24 November I wote
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2. I have in fact, been keeping Wallace in close touch
with Mr Wallace on the subject of capital punishment. I wrote
on 24 November saying that the Secretary of State was unable t
intervene in the Bermula executions but that Ministers had
agreed on the desibability of a change in the present policy.
In his reply dated 15 November Mr Wallace indicated that my
advice had been helpful. to him regarding the Gaston case.
3. In my letter of 6 December I set out the Secretary of
State's view regarding Gaston. I also suggested that medical
and psychiatric advice might prove a solution and I mentioned
that **** i should be found possible to accommodate a long-
term prisioner elsewhere than in the British Virgin Islands.
Mr Wallace has since reported that he intends to have Gaston
examined by a panel of Doctors including a psychiatrist
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