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"TOM GARNER, DIRECTOR OF THE PRISON TREATMENT PROGRAM STATED TO US: 'I AM CYNICAL ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COLONY. THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSIO NER DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. I WONDER WHETHER WE REALLY HAVE MADE AN HONEST EFFORT TO ROOT OUT THE PROBLEM.'
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"ALTHOUGH OUR CONSULATE IS GENUINGELY CONCERNED ABOUT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING, THEY SEEM SOMEWHAT RELUCTANT TO PRESSURE THE BRITISH, FEELING THAT SINCE THEY ARE ONLY A CONSULATE, PRESSURE SHOULD INSTEAD BE APPLIED IN LONDON. THE RELUCTANCE OF OUR CONSULATE IS ALSO DIE TO THE BRITISH ATTITUDE THAT THEY REGUIRE NO OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE, THEY DID, HOWEVER, REQUEST $190,000 FOR TRAINING CONSULATE PERSONNEL (SIC) IN MARCOTICS MATTERS, BUT NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE."
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REPORT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HONG KONG : A) US PUT MORE DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON LONDON TO SUPPORT NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN HONG KONG ; B) STRENG THEN HONG KONG BNDD OPERATION AND MAKE IT PART OF SEA REGION; C) REDUCTION OF HONG KONG'S OWN ADDICT POPULATION SO THAT IT WON'T ATTRACT A FLOW OF DRUGS; D) NEED FOR MORE REGIONAL COOPERATION (HONG KONG SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN AGENTS IN SEA); AND E) COOPERATION OF PRC SHOULD BE SOUGHT IN PREVENTING USE OF ITS COASTS FOR UNLOADING OPIUM SHIPMENTS FROM THAILAND.
10. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF REPORT INCLUDE INTER ALIA THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL,OPIUN KONOPOLY, TO PURCHASE WORLD'S
PRODUCTION OF OPIUM, THAT AID SHOULD HAVE ITS AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SECTION 408 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT REMOVED (SECTION QUOTED IS INCORRECT FOR NARCOTICS FUNDING), AND THAT DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE CE EXERTED ON PRC TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
11. NO PRESS CONFERENCE IS PLANNED FOR RELEASE OF REPORT. BUT AS WITH BRADY REPORT, MORE PUBLICITY MAY OCCUR IN HONG KONG THAN IN 11.5. WOULD WELCOME ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTED RESPONSES MISSION WISHES MAKE TO ABOVE POINTS IN REPORT.
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DECONTROL 7/1/73
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