SECRET
ZCZC
SECRET
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2266
OF 281135Z NOVEMBER 90
PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD
D
IMMEDIATE
YOUR TELNOS 3405 AND 3406: COLONIAL PRISONERS REMOVAL ACT
CHARLES WARWICK REID
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1. We have been exploring with our Legal Advisers the
contingency arrangements proposed in first TUR.
2. We see no legal difficulty about removing Reid to the United
Kingdom under Sections 2(A) and (D) of the Colonial Prisoners
Removal Act 1884 (not 1984). However, we would need to obtain
the agreement of the Home Secretary and, unless the costs of
removal and maintenance in this country are to be borne by Hong
Kong, the consent of the Treasury would be necessary under
Section 11 of the Act.
3. There appears to be a snag, however, about returning Reid to
Hong Kong to give evidence. There is no power in the Colonial
Prisoners Removal Act for a temporary return, which is perhaps
not surprising having regard to the date of its enactment. A
prisoner may, however, be returned under Section 3 to serve the
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