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M.P. letter.

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Registry No. GK

Unclassified

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Private Secretary's Dept.

7 NOV 1973

DRAFT TO M.P.

To:

Tom Pendry Esq MP House of Commons London SW1

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From

Secretary of State

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Consular

Thank you for your letter of 16 October about

the Godber case and the position regarding

amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967. I am grateful for your helpful interest in this

problem.

Enclosures:

Copying Action:

To (Post):

I enclose the relevant extract from the

Governor's speech to Legislative Council on

17 October dealing with the recommendations of the Blair-Kerr Report. As the Governor says in

his speech, he is consulting us on the many

and complicated recommendations of the report,

He

and it is his/intent that proposals for

action on these recommendations should be

announced during the motion of thanks in reply

to his address in Legislative Council on

14 November.

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As I told you when we met in September, the

suggestion of amending the Fugitive Offenders

Act poses considerable problems. To amend the

Act so as to render Godber liable to extradition

for the offence with which he has been charged

in Hong Kong would obviously be difficult.

/As you

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