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the agreement with Brunei confirmed that the MOD were fully aware of the implications for Hong Kong of the withdrawal of the Gurkhas from Brunei.
Capital Punishment
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A submission was sent to the Secretary of State proposing that he should now circulate a memorandum to his colleagues in GEN 103 suggesting that the Government should introduce a motion in the House of Commons abrogating the Creech-Jones doctrine and making the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary responsible for reviewing any sentences of death passed in a dependent territory, in the light of all relevant circumstances.
Research on Dependent Territories' Matters
7. A meeting of Heads of Departments in the Dependent Territories Division on 9 January agreed to press for an unfilled vacancy in Research Department to be given to somebody with the qualifications and experience to under- take research into dependent territories' matters.
16 January 1978
cc: Mr Murray
Mr Duff (WIAD)
Mr Snodgrass (PDTD)
WE Quantrill
Hong Kong & General Dept K 247
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