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granted permission to appeal to the Privy
Council. It is anticipated that the case
cannot be heard by the Privy Council for
about a year.
The orders for deportation cannot, of
course, be carried out while the appeal is
pending, and Quoc is at present in police
custody pending the appeal. The question
whether under Hongkong law the man can be
expelled from the colony, and, in particu-
ler, whether he can be sent to French
territory, depends on the result of the
proceedings before the Privy Council.
The Colonial Office are now consider-
ing what is the best course to adopt in
the circumstances, and it would help us
a great deal if we could have some informa-
tion as to the position in the matter of
the French Government. At present all
that we know is contained in M. de
Fleuriau's note of July 27th, and this,
while indicating the view which the French
Government take of this man's activities,
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