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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London S.W.1
29 July 1974
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Charles Russell & Company
Hale Court
21 Old Buildings
Lincolns Inn
London WC2A 3UL
Dear Sirs
GODBER EXTRADITION
RECEIVED
REGISTRY NO 52. 30 JUL 1974
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With reference to Mr Passmore's telephone conversation with Mr Crowson on 25 July, we have now received the following message from Hong Kong:-
"Please instruct Russells to oppose application for adjournment as vigorously as possible. We consider case may be gravely prejudiced by further delay.
The hearing before the Magistrate is not a trial and details as to the nature of the evidence which is being sought and its relevance should be given before an adjournment is considered. There appears little advantage in having the Crown case dealt with first if the defence is then granted an adjournment to present its evidence.
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Defence has been given over two months to prepare its case and this should be ample. If part of defence is that a fair trial is impossible in Hong Kong because of publicity and evidence is being sought to show this, Magistrate should be advised that trial will be in District Court with Judge alone. This submission is not in our view relevant before Magistrate anyway. We agree with your remarks about Cheng and Hunt is due to be released from prison on 15 October. Gunston is probably aware
of that."
Yours faithfully
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A. R. Rushford
A R Rushford Deputy Legal Adviser
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