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CONFIDENTIAL
TO MEDIATE CO TEL NO 35 OF 25 JANUARY
1450 IPMEDIATE COVERNOR HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND UKMIS NEW YORK
OUR TEL NO 30 TO F C O PARA 4.
UN COMMISSION ON HARCOTIC DRUGS.
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1. THE AUSTRALIANS TOLD US TODAY THAT, PRIMA FACIE,
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U.N. basis that
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THEY WOULD SEE VALUE IN THE UK JOINING THE SOUTH EAST ASI AD HOC COMMITTEE ( IF IT IS SET UP) TO ACT AS THE SINGLE NEUTRAL UMPIRE FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION IN THE SAME WAY AS SWEDE
HAS DONE IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN AD HOC COMMITTEE. THISH THEY REPARKED, WOULD ENABLE US TO REPRESENT HONG KONG.
2. WE HAVE EXPRESSED INITIAL DOURTS: GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
CONSIDERED VIEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE,
MASON
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RECD AT 25/1512Z MEG