CO129-535-3 Nguyen ai Quoc- request for extradition to Indo-China by French authorities 29-6-1931 - 26-1-1932 — Page 60

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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W. 1.

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2nd October, 1931,

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My dear Shaćkburgh,

I must apologise for the delay in answering

your letter No. 82837/31, of the 23rd September,

regarding the deportation of Nguyen ai Quoc from

Hongkong, but the case is rather complicated.

The decision to be taken regarding this

man's fate depends largely upon political

considerations, and upon our general attitude as

regards communist agitators in the Far East, i.e.,

whether or not we regard such persons as a danger

to European powers with possessions in that part

of the world so that the powers in question ought

to help each other in dealing with them.

We are,

however, very much impressed with the consideration

that it would be very difficult, in the circumstances,

to justify to the French a withdrawal of the

deportation order as was proposed in Hongkong

(21)

telegram No. 173, and of the grant to Quoc of

Sir J.E. Shuckburgh, K.C.M.G., C.B.

/permission

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