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CONFIDENTIAL
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RN Peirce Esq
Deputy Political Adviser
HONG KONG
HONG KONG RESIDENT WANTED BY THE CHINESE POLICE
1.
2.
Thank you for your letter of 30 July.
We of course appreciate the problems that requests from the Chinese such as that from the Chinese suchas, that regarding Luo Jinglum present for you.
for you. The wording of Interpol/Hong Kong's 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
Dearly
inparagraph
8 of your letter. Fortunately Luo's departure got us all
off the hook.
we wonder whether
3.
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 formal procedures, which
will be very difficult to negotiate with the Chinese.
might be useful However, & you also feet that informal arrangements would you say to give further
it
thinghit
ус
to the idea
Is
be "anathema to Hong
Hong 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 any procedures
be agreed (eg safeguards court procedures to be followed in Hong extradition and/or level of punishment to be imposed in China after return)?
to
or type
were
built into as regards before Kong
4.
regards
possibility
of some
form
As
the
af extraterritorial jurisdiction being assumed by Hong Kong, we have sought the preliminary views of our Legal Adviser Paul Fifoot, who has commente as follows:-