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PREPARATION OF WILL, TO FEQUEST EXTRATITION.

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3. WE WOULD PRESENTLY PREFER IN ANY CASE TO PROCEED WITH OUP APPLICATION FOR EXTPADITION. WE ARE NOW PROCEEDING WELL IN MALAYSIA. THE CHIEF JUSTICE MADE AN OPDER ON 16 DECEMBER THAT 44

WITNESSES SHOULD ATTEND BEFORE THE COURT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON OATH AND PRODUCE DOCUMENTS (PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR REFERS)

AND PRODUCE DOCUMENTS (PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUP FIRST TUP REFEPS) AND

ALTHOUGH SHAMSUDDIN MOVED TO SET ASIDE THIS ORDER BEFORE A DIFFERENT

JUDGE TODAY THE APPLICATION FAILED. THE PESULT IS THAT THE COURT WILL

BEGIN THE EXERCISE OF OBTAINING THIS VITAL EVIDENCE ON 9 JANUARY

1986. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF APPEAL BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS

COULD NOT PE HEARD FOR ANOTHER MONTH. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE LEGAL

UNCERTAINTIES ON THE QUESTION OF JURISDICTION, WE ARE HEARTENED BY THE SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE OF THE MALAYSIA JUDICIARY SO FAR. IN THES LONDON, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE SHALL HOT NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE

PRESENTATION OF OUP EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF EXTRADITION, UNTIL

THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. MOREOVER, THERE IS A POSSI5ILITY THAT

OSMAN AND SHAMSUDDIN MAY BE WILLING TO RETURN TO HONG KONG

VOLUNTARILY. WE APE PRESENTLY CONSIDERING WHETHER SATISFACTOPY

TERMS COULD BE AGPEED.

4. ACCORDINGLY, THOMAS WOULD LIKE TO PE ABLE TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL TO ABU TALIE TOMORROW, 21 DECENDER, TO SHOW LACK OF INTEREST IN THE PROPOSAL, ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT GIVE HIM ALL THE REASONS

SET OUT ABOVE. HE WOULD MEPELY INDICATE THAT WE SEEM TO BE ON COUP SE

FOR A SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION FOR EXTRADITION IN THE UK AND THAT

THERE APPEAR TO PE A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY

OF TALIS'S SUCCESTION.

5. WE UNDERSTAND THAT TALIS ITENTS TO VISIT LONDON CN 23 OR 24

DECEMBER AND IT IS POSSIPLE THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME CHQUIRIES

OF THE HOME OFFICE OR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ALONG THE SAME LINES. GIVEN THE PRESSURES THAT TALIT MUST TE UNDER AT HOME, IT SHOULD NOT BE ASSUMED THAT HE HAS ONLY THE TEPESTS OF JUSTICE IN MIND. WE SHOULD BE CRATEFUL FOR AN EARLY PEPORT ON ANY APPROACH HE MAKES.

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