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FOR WONG, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS FROM MORRIS, HKD OUR TELNO 2996 AND YOUR TELNO 4425: REVIEW OF LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES
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YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED MY LETTER OF 20 NOVEMBER BY THIS TIME WHICH ANSWERED THE FIRST OF YOUR TWO QUESTIONS.
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DESPITE SPENDING OVER A WEEK RESEARCHING FILES WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DISCOVER ANY PAPERS, NOR HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN ADVICE FROM OTHER SOURCES, WHICH MIGHT INDICATE A DEGREE OF UNIFORMITY IN THE WAY DEPENDENT TERRITORIES REVIEW LONG TERM PRISON SENTENCES. SHORT OF WRITING TO EACH DEPENDENT TERRITORY AND THEN HAVING OUR LEGAL ADVISERS COMPARE THEIR REPLIES THERE APPEARS TO BE NO WAY IN WHICH WE CAN ARRIVE AT AN ANSWER. IN VIEW OF THE LENGTH OF TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO COMPLETE SUCH AN EXERCISE IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WE CANNOT HELP YOU FURTHER AND WE PROPOSE TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION AT PRESENT.
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