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Private Secretary's Dept.
7 NOV 1973
DRAFT TO M.P.
To:
Tom Pendry Esq MP House of Commons London SW1
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From
Secretary of State
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
Consular
Thank you for your letter of 16 October about
the Godber case and the position regarding
amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967. I am grateful for your helpful interest in this
problem.
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I enclose the relevant extract from the
Governor's speech to Legislative Council on
17 October dealing with the recommendations of the Blair-Kerr Report. As the Governor says in
his speech, he is consulting us on the many
and complicated recommendations of the report,
He
and it is his/intent that proposals for
action on these recommendations should be
announced during the motion of thanks in reply
to his address in Legislative Council on
14 November.
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As I told you when we met in September, the
suggestion of amending the Fugitive Offenders
Act poses considerable problems. To amend the
Act so as to render Godber liable to extradition
for the offence with which he has been charged
in Hong Kong would obviously be difficult.
/As you
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