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TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 094 OF 7 SEPTEMBER. 1973

LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER FROM THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF

STUDENTS: GODBER CASE.

1. MR FUNG TZECHEONG, INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION, WROTE TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON 17 AUGUST URGING AMEND-

MENT TO THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT 1967 TO PERMIT THE RETURN OF MR

CODBER TO HONG KONG. THIS LETTER WAS EASED ON A LETTER FROM

MESSRS WRIGHT AND GRIFFITHS PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING

POST ON 15 AUGUST.

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GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD REPLY TO MR CHEONG, ON PRIME MINISTER'S BEHALF, TO THE EFFECT THAT HIS SUGGESTION THAT THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT 1967 SHOULD BE AMENDED HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND IS UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION.

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