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HIUD 384/1
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001022
MDHIAN 8222
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 635
RECE
OF 230754Z APRIL 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS
22 APF 1993
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IN
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accepted
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PARIS TELNOS 367 AND 368 AND YRTELNO 352: EXTRADITION FROM FRANCE OF DR RAIS BIN SANIMAN
1. WE CONFIRM OUR SUPPORT FOR PARIS' RECOMMENDATION AND ARE CONTENT WITH THE COURSE PROPOSED.
2. AS TO THE TEXT OF SUGGESTED LETTER FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FRENCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WE HAVE TWO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE 3RD PARAGRAPH SHOULD READ:
QUOTE THIS IS THE CASE OF EXTRADITION OF DR RAIS BIN SANIMAN ON WHICH THERE WAS AN AVIS FAVORABLE BY THE CHAMBRE D'ACCUSATION DE LA COUR D'APPEL AT VERSAILLES IN 1990, BUT FOLLOWING WHICH EXTRADITION WAS REFUSED IN MARCH 1992 NOTWITHSTANDING THE RULINGS OF THE CHAMBRE AND THE COUR DE CASSATION UNQUOTE.
WE ALSO SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING ADDITION TO PARAGRAPH 5:
QUOTE PARTICULARLY SO GIVEN SANIMAN'S SUBMISSIONS TO THE CONSEIL AS TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF HONG KONG THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH WOULD BE FAR REACHING IF ADOPTED BY THE CONSEIL UNQUOTE.
PATTEN
YYYY
not accepted (1) we haven't seen
ΜΑΙΝ
20
HKD
WED
these submissions (ii) Reep to legal case in letter, not
wider HK paint.
paint (this will be for the defcace lanoyer in due comore).
DISTRIBUTION
LEGAL ADVISERS//NIGEL PARKER LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BARRETT
20
Paris agree.
Catch HK
upi
the letter goes.
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
NNNIY
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