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at this stage that Ministers were consulted and the Embassy
was instructed to convey a particular kind of appeal known as a "Recours Gracieux" and prepared by the Hong Kong
Government's legal team, to the French authorities.
Rickett's submission of 13 May to Mr Burns refers).
rejected. The only step remaining to the Hong Kong
Government was to take the case to the Conseil d'Etat.
(Mr
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6. We have remained in close touch with Paris and with the
Attorney General in Hong Kong in order to coordinate reinforcement at a political level of the legal process. J Coles went over the ground with the Director General for
Asian Affairs at the Quai on 8 January, confirming FCO
Minister's support for HKG's efforts to seek Dr Saniman's
extradition from France, our disappointment at the rejection
by the French side of the "Recours Gracieux" and our hope
that the French side would review the Ministry of Justice's
decision not to extradite.
J C Morris
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