PRIORITY
CYPHER/CAT A
FM UKMIS GENEVA 301720Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
1973
TO PRIORITY FCO TEL NO 48 OF 30 JANUARY INFO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG INFO
ROUTINE WASHINGTON, UKM IS NEW YORK.
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MIPT.
1. CHINESE OBSERVER SPOKE IN THE DEBATE ON ILLICIT TRAFFIC. HE SAID THAT THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG PROBLEM WAS STARTED BY IMPERIALIST POLICIES DESIGNED FOR FINANCIAL GAIN WHICH HAD BEEN
THE POLICIES HAD FURTHERED BY THE SPREADING OF DRUG ABUSE. BEEN CARRIED OUT BY GUNBOAT TACTICS.
2.
THE CPR GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, HAD, IN 1949/1950, PROHIBITED OPIUM AND HAD EMBARKED UPON A PROGRAMME OF REHABILITATION AND
THERE IS A EDUCATION WHICH HAD ERADICATED THEIR DRUG PROBLEM, STRICT CONTROL ON NARCOTICS WHICH ARE LIMITED TO MEDICAL AND THERE IS NOW NO ABUSE PROBLEM IN CHINA RESEARCH USES ONLY. DUE TO THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT TAKING REALISTIC MEASURES OF REPRESSE 1ON. HE CONCLUDED BY INDICATING THAT THE CHINESE WISHED TO CO-OPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL MEASURES TO CONTROL DRUG
ABUSE.
MASON
FILES:
UND
HKIOD
SEAD
MAID
MR. WILFORD
SIR D. WATSON
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