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FM LISBON 231608Z DEC 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 209 OF 23 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HONG KONG TELNO 1509: EXTRADITION OF FUGITIVES TO MACAU
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DEFENCE LAWYER ARNALDO DE PAIVA BERNARDO UNOBTAINABLE. HONORARY LEGAL ADVISER SAYS THAT IF DEFENCE LAWYER DID NOT INFORM HIS CLIENTS OF APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT HE WOULD NOT HAVE ACTED ILLEGALLY. HE WOULD HOWEVER HAVE BROKEN CODE OF PORTUGUESE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND COULD BE SUED.
3. HONORARY LEGAL ADVISER SAYS THAT CASE CANNOT BE REOPENED SIMPLY BECAUSE DEFENCE LAWYER DID NOT APPEAR. THE CASE CAN ONLY BE REOPENED IF NEW EVIDENCE IS PRESENTED.
4. YOU MAY WISH TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN THE CASE OF THE RECENT EXTRADITION OF
LITTLECHILD TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
SHAKESPEARE
MINIMAL
HKGDF Com advised.
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