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010774 MDHIAN 4122
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1318
OF 15093OZ MAY 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE PARIS
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YOUR TELNO 226 AND PARIS TELNO 380: SANIMAN.
THE GRACIOUS REQUEST IS IN COURSE OF PREPARATION AND MOST OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. WE HOPE TO HAVE A DRAFT IN YOUR HANDS AND TO PARIS BY CLOSE OF PLAY TODAY OR BY MONDAY AT THE LATEST.
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LAST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THE DRAFT AT PRESENT READ:
'ALL THESE REASONS, AND THE PREJUDICE THAT A REFUSAL TO EXTRADITE WOULD CAUSE, PROMPT THE REQUESTING STATE TO REQUEST THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO PROCEED WITH A NEW EXAMINATION OF THE FILE.
IF SUCH RE-EXAMINATION WAS THE SOURCE OF HESITATION, AND IF IT WAS THEN APPROPRIATE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS, THE REQUESTING STATE INDICATES THAT, TO THE EXTENT OF THE POSSIBILITIES THAT ARE REASONABLY OPEN, IT WOULD SEE NO OBJECTIONS'.
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THIS FORMULATION WILL GIVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY AND MAY MAKE THE REQUEST MORE PALATABLE TO THE FRENCH BUT WE ARE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES PREPARED TO AGREE THAT SANIMAN MAY SERVE A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN HONG KONG.
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