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RN Peirce Esq
Deputy Political Adviser
HONG KONG
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HONG KONG RESIDENT WANTED BY THE CHINESE POLICE
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Thank you for your letter of 30 July.
Clearly
We of course appreciate the problems that requests from the Chinese such as that from the Chinese suck as that regarding Luo Jinglun present for you. The wording of Interpol/Hong Kong's message of 7
message of 7 February was indeed unfortunate, and I cannot help feeling that we would have found ourselves in considerable difficulties if we had had to deploy with the Chinese the Line summarised inparagraph
8 of your letter.
off the hook.
Fortunately Luo's departure got us all'
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We were interested to see your ideas (paras 10-12) on how the wider problem might in due course be tackled. We share your view that satisfactory will be very difficult to negotiate However, you also feel that informal be "anathema to Hồng Kong opinion and our courts": would be useful if/ you could elaborate on this point. it primarily an issue of principle or might Hong Kong concerns be met if adequate safeguards were built into any procedures to be agreed (eg safeguards as regards the court procedures to be followed in Hong Kong before extradition and the level of punishment to be imposed
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As regards the
possibility of some form of extraterritorial jurisdiction being assumed by Hong Kong, we have sought the preliminary views of our Legal Adviser Paul Fifoot, who has comments as follows:-
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