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never intended, and could, not in my opinion,
properly be held, to cover a case of this kind.
As this is a request from the
Chinese Government through the British
Ambassador, it would seem to be advisable
to let the Foreign Office have a copy of
No.1 and also of our proposed reply. If this
is done I would like to see the draft letter
to the Foreign Office in due course.
I asked Mr.Brass at the Home Office
this morning whether he knew of any similar
request having been made to this country.
He said that he had never heard of one;
and he agreed with me that action on the lines
indicated by the Governor in No.1 could not
properly be taken.
We might enquire at our leisure into
the validity of the existing extradition
Recue to the machinery between Hong Kong and China.
Fo
There
is no extradition treaty between the United
Kingdom and that country, and it would be
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me
interesting to know what the position is
as regards Hong Kong. In this connection
see the notes by Mr.Brass on the attached
sheet (numbered 2), and also the book on
extradition to which reference is made.
19/3/36.
14. Duncan.