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CONFIDENTIAL

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RN Peirce Esq

Deputy Political Adviser

HONG KONG

HONG KONG RESIDENT WANTED BY THE CHINESE POLICE

1.

2.

Thank you for your letter of 30 July.

We of course appreciate the problems that requests from the Chinese such as that from the Chinese suchas, that regarding Luo Jinglum present for you.

for you. The wording of Interpol/Hong Kong's message of 7 February was indeed unfortunate; and I cannot help feeling that we would have found ourselves in considerable difficulties if we had had to deploy with the Chinese the line summarised

Dearly

inparagraph

8 of your letter. Fortunately Luo's departure got us all

off the hook.

we wonder whether

3.

We were interested to see your ideas (paras 10-12) on how the wider problem might in due course be tackled.

We share your view that satisfactory formal procedures, which

will be very difficult to negotiate with the Chinese.

might be useful However, & you also feet that informal arrangements would you say to give further

it

thinghit

ус

to the idea

Is

be "anathema to Hong

Hong Kong opinion and our courts" would be useful if you could elaborate on this point. it primarily an issue of principle - or might Hong Kong concerns be met if adequate safeguards any procedures

be agreed (eg safeguards court procedures to be followed in Hong extradition and/or level of punishment to be imposed in China after return)?

to

or type

were

built into as regards before Kong

4.

regards

possibility

of some

form

As

the

af extraterritorial jurisdiction being assumed by Hong Kong, we have sought the preliminary views of our Legal Adviser Paul Fifoot, who has commente as follows:-