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TO IMMEDIATE DISTRESFCO TELNO DISTRESS 114 OF 9TH SEPT.
YOUR TELNO DISTRESS 82 : NIGHTINGALE
1. CONSUL HAS SPOKEN TO POLICE CAPTAIN WHO TESTIFIED IN COURT
AT SECOND HEARING ABOUT PROGRESS BEING MADE ON EXTRADITION.
HE REPORTED THAT POLICE HAVE PREPARED ALL PAPERS FOR PASSING
TO MINISTRY OF INTERIOR IF AND WHEN JUDGE TRYING CASE ORDERS
THE EXTRADITION. ONLY THE JUDGE CAN OREDER EXTRADITION
AND HE HAS NOT SO FAR DONE SO.
2. MR LYMAN HAS TOLD CONSUL THAT QUOTE I FEEL IT IS IMMATERIAL
WHETHER OR NOT ROBERT YIP OR CHAN ARE EXTRADITED TO THAILAND BECAUSE (A) I AM NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL SAY IN COURT AND (B) I WISH TO MAKE A BIG POINT OF THE FACT THAT THAI POLICE
RELEASED THOSE MEN AFTER HOLDING
MONTH UNQUOTE .
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