CONFIDENTIAL
064307
MDHOANA 284
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG MIGHT CEASE TO COMMUTE THE DEATH PENALTY AUTOMATICALLY, WE PROPOSE TO SAY:
''THAT WOULD BE A MATTER FOR THE SARG, BUT WE EXPECT IT TO BE INFLUENCED BY PREVIOUS HONG KONG PRACTICE.''
Mivse
4. THESE LINES ARE, I THINK, CONSISTENT WITH THE LINES AGREED BETWEEN US IN AN EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS LAST NOVEMBER (FCO TELNOS 2203 AND 2246 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 3438 AND 3497).
HURD
YYYY
MAIN
LIMITED
HKD
31
DISTRIBUTION
36
WIAD
NEWS DEPT
ADDITIONAL
5
MS BARRETT, LEGAL ADVISERS MS BROOK, LEGAL ADVISERS PS/LORD CAITHNESS
MR MCLAREN MR BURNS
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