IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 19045ØZ
CONFIDENTIAL
.CONFIDENTIAL
1973
TO INMEDIATE FCO TELNO 75 OF 19 JANUARY INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
ROUTINE UKMIS NEW YORK UKMIS GENEVA.
YOUR TELEGRAM 149 TO WASHINGTON.
NARCOTICS.
THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR THE ALLEGATION THAT HONG KONG BRITISH
OFFICIALS WORKING IN THE NARCTOICS FIELD ARE ALOOF TOWARDS THEIR
AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS. ON THE CONTRARY THE AMERCIAN CONSULATE-GENERAL
IN HONG KONG HAS ONLY RECENTLY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS CRITICAL REPORT, WHICH ALSO APPEARED IN OUR LOCAL PRESS, EXPRESSED EVERY SATISFACTION WITH THE CLOSE, CORDIAL AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP
EXISTING BETWEEN AMERICAN AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS.
2. IN DEED THE UNITED STATES OFFICIALS IN HONG KONG HAVE ASSERTED
THEIR EMBARRASSMENT AT THIS REPORT TO OUR COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS.
3. IN THE LIGHT OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE QUESTION OF THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BRINGING THIS MATTER TO THE ATTENTION
OF H.M.G. IN LONDON WOULD NOT APPEAR TO ARISE, AT LEAST, AS SEEN
FROM HONG KONG.
4. WE ARE UNABLE HERE TO GIVE ANY INDICATION AS TO HOW THIS REPORT
MIGH HAVE ORIGINATED.
FCO PASS COPY TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
MACLEHOSE
FILES:
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HKIOD
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MR WILFORD GIR D WATSON
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
COPIES TO: MR C J TRAIN HOME OFFICE ROWNEY HOUSE
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