TNAG-2655-FCO40-3848-Extradition-cases-from-the-UK-and-France-to-Hong-Kong-Lorrai-1992 — Page 86

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ATTORNEY

GENERAL

LEGAL SECRETARY

071-828 1968

THE LEGAL SECRETARIAT TO THE LAW OFFICERS

ATTORNEY GENERALS CHAMBERS

9 BUCKINGHAM GATE

LONDON SW1E 6JP

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with Savina pre

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P. F. Ricketts Esq.,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office,

Whitehall,

London, SW1A 2AH

Dear Mr. Ricketts,

16 November 1992

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Ms Barnes-Jones

OL dear.

Thank you for your letter of the 12 November 1992 about the meeting between the Attorney General and the French Minister of Justice in Paris fixed for the 20 November in Paris.

I have discussed with the Attorney General the suggestion that he should raise with the French the extradition request by the Government of Hong Kong in relation to Dr Saniman. Although he recognises the difficulties faced by the Hong Kong Government, he is firmly of the view that raising the Saniman case with the French could seriously complicate UK efforts to secure the return of Akbar. The Attorney General is not therefore minded to raise the case.

Yours sincerely,

wher Whell.

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MISS J. L. WHELDON

HKD 387/1