TNAG-2954-FCO40-4231-Extradition-cases-from-the-UK-and-France-to-Hong-Kong-Lorrai-1993 — Page 107

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FROM: J C Morris DATE: 22 April 1993

cc: Mr Hope, WED

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Mr Parker, Legal Advisers

Mr Hum

CA 24.

PS/Mr Googlad Mighter

EXTRADITION FROM FRANCE OF DR SANIMAN

Problem

1. A recommendation from HM Embassy, Paris for very early

political intervention in the Saniman extradition case in the

form of a letter from the Attorney General to the French

Minister of Justice.

Recommendation

2.

I recommend Mr Goodlad should write immediately to the Attorney General to ask him to write to the new French

Minister of Justice. If the Minister agrees, the letter

could be relayed to the Minister of Justice by FCO telegram. I submit a letter for Mr Goodlad's signature, enclosing one

for the Minister of Justice. I further recommend that the

PUS should raise our concerns when he meets M. Boidevaix in Paris on 26 April.

A

Background

3.

Paris telno 367 alerts us that the new Minister of

Justice is expected on 24 April to put his signature to the Ministry's observations to the Conseil d'Etat, on the Saniman

case. The observations will set out the existing position of

his officials on this case. This position has not been

helpful. We had been planning to request Ministers, once the

dust had cleared from the elections, to ask the Attorney

General to put over the British/Hong Kong Government

position. But the news of this short deadline is a shock to

sani.min JM BRIEF

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