A Government spokesman said in the House of Commons today that Britain did not plan to consult with the United States, Russia, France and West Germany on a joint request to Brazil and Uruguay for the extradition of Nazi war criminals found to be living in those countries. Joint Minister of State, Fred Mulley said, in reply to a question by Labor MP Richard Michell, that “this is a matter for the governments of those countries whose courts would have jurisdiction to try the suspected war criminals and the governments of the countries in which they are now residing.”
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