CONFIDENTIAL
Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1
C J Train Esq
Home Office Romney House Marsham Street London SW1
Telephone 01-
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Date
18 May 1973
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80
HONG KONG DRUG PROBLEM
1. Many thanks for your letter of 16 May, addressed to Alan Wotton. We were grateful to you for setting out so fully the details of your discussions with Mr Baas, and your own views. You and I subsequently had a word on the telephone on the subject, and you will I expect now have received a copy of our telegram No 490 to the Governor, Hong Kong about Mr Baas' call on us on 17 May. I enclose an extra copy for ease of reference.
2. We do not yet know the Governor's response to the American proposal, but our own inclination is to welcome it. designed to avoid crossing wires with the work of the proposed
It is clearly United Nations Ad Hoc Committee and also takes Chinese sensitivities into account. It should help to allay allegations that we and the Hong Kong Government are not co-operating with the Americans on this matter.
3. You asked me to confirm that we should see no objection to your taking preliminary soundings from Police and Customs about the possibility of expert law enforcement agents accompanying you to Hong Kong. I confirm that we should see no such objection, but clearly we can only accept the American proposal if the Governor agrees.
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CONFIDENTIAL
R B Crowson Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department