In any
further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
T 6102/6102/374
and address-
not to any person by name
but to-
CE
The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, S. W.1.
Sir,
FOREIGN OFFICE.
S. W. 1.
5
28th March, 1936
23A
I am directed by Mr. Secretary Eden to invite reference
to your letter No. 53740/36 of the 20th March regarding t he
proposal of the Governor of Hong Kong to exercise his powers
under the Hong Kong Deportation Ordinance of 1935 in order to
ensure the return to Chinese territory of an alleged accomplice
in the attempted assassination of the former Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Ching-wei, whom the Chinese Government are
sending to the Colony under escort for the purpose of giving
evidence in the extradition trial now proceeding of persons
accused of complicity in the crime.
2. Mr. Eden assumes that in proposing to disallow the
Governor's proposal Mr. Secretary Thomas has regard to the
principle that deportation procedure should not be used as a
substitute for extradition proceedings and to the fact that,
since the accomplice whose evidence is required in Hong Kong
is an accused person in China it would not be proper, once he
has been introduced into the Colony, to seek to secure his
return to China by any procedure other than that of extradition.
3. I am, however, to observe, for the consideration of
Mr. Thomas, that Mr. Eden regards it as desirable from the political point of view that an attempt should if possible be made to comply with the request made by the Chinese Government
on this occasion, since it would be a matter of no little
/difficulty
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.