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THAILAND, IT WOULD THERTON, DC PREFERABLE IF THE TRAWLER COULD BE RETURNED TO THAILAND IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARREST, BUT THE ROYAL NAVY WOULD NOT WISH TO UNDERTAKE THIS TASK THEMSELVES AND COULD HARDLY
B BE EXPECTED TO WAIT IN IL-OOL FOR THE THATS TO PICK UP THE
TRAWLER,
5. ALTHOUGH THEREFORE THIS PROPOSAL MIGHT OFFER A MEANS OF STEMMING THE TRAWLER TRAFFIC, WE BELIEVE THAT MORE DETAILED CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL POINTS MENTIONED ABOVE BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED ANY FURTHER WITH IT. THE FINANCIAL IMPLIC- ATIONS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DE INVESTIGATED CAREFULLY.
6. AS REGARDS CO-OPERATION WITH THE CHINESE, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT P A MAS NOT SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE IN THE MANNER SUGGESTED BY LEE. AT THE REQUEST OF THE POLICE, HE INFORMED THE NCNA ON TWO OCCASIONS LAST YEAR THAT WE HAD SIGHTED SUSPICIOUS LOOKING THAT TRAWLERS AND GAVE THEM THE LOCATIONS WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT THEY MIGHT LIKE TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHOR→ ITIES. BUT AS YOU ARE AWARE FROM OUR COMMENTS ON THE LAW OF THE SEA DRAFT ARTICLE RELATING TO THE SUPPRESSION OF ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE HIGH SEAS (OUR TELEGRAM NO. 401), THERE ARE PROBLEMS ABOUT ENCOURAGING THE CHINESE TO INTERFERE WITH SHIPPING IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS EN ROUTE FOR HONG KONG,
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