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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS
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YOUR TELNO 10: RAIS BIN SANIMAN.
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1. ON HARRIS' RETURN TO HONG KONG HE SOUGHT THE VIEWS OF LEADING be as COUNSEL INSTRUCTED IN THIS CASE AND THOSE OF OTHERS WITH
amended in
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD. UNFORTUNATELY, LEADING COUNSEL HAS BEEN para 3.
EXTREMELY BUSY IN MALAYSIA AND HIS WRITTEN ADVICE ON CERTAIN ASPECTS IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL LATER TODAY.
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2. MEANWHILE HONG KONG AG HAS WRITTEN TO MME MASSE-DESSEN CONFIRMING OUR INSTRUCTIONS THAT SHE ACT ON OUR REHALF IN QUOTE SEIZING UNQUOTE THE CONSEIL D'ETAT AND IS CONTENT THAT SHE BE INSTRUCTED LIKEWISE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF HMG. ACCORDINGLY WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF A LETTER OF INSTRUCTION COULD BE SENT TO HER BY
PARIS.
3. THE LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NEEDS APPARENTLY TO BE IN A CERTAIN FORM. OUR LETTER READS QUOTE WE ASK THAT, LAS COUNSEL INSTRUCTED BY CLIFFORD CHANGE, PARIS ON BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT YOU PREPARE AND FILE WHATEVER MAY BE NECESSARY AS A FIRST CONTENTIOUS STEP WITH THE CONSEIL D' ETAT IN VIEW OF THE IMPLICIT REFUSAL BY THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES TO RESPOND TO THE GRACIOUS REQUEST MADE IN RESPECT OF THE DECISION NOT TO EXTRADITE DR SANIMAN UNQUOTE.
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