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REGISTRY NO. 51 14 FEB 1977
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TO IMMEDIATE BANGKOK TELNO 1 CF
11 FEBRUARY 1977.
INFO ROUTINE FCO AND HONG KONG.
POSTING OF EUROPEAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BANGKOK
FOLLOWING FOR LAW FROM LEE
1. THE WEST GERMAN AND FRENCH DELEGATES TO THE UN COMMISSION ON IN
NARCOTIC DRUGS HAVE INDICATED AN INTENTION TO POST NARCOTICS LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BANGKOK LATER THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO
THE DUTCH.
2.THE WEST GERMANS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS
FOR LIAISON BETWEEN THE AMERICAN, CANADIAN, HONG KONG AND
EUROPEAN OFFICERS OPERATING IN THIS FIELD AND THEIR THAI
COUNTERPARTS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM IMPACT TO PREVENT CROSSED WIRES.
WE ARE AWARE OF THE EXISTING INFORMAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR LIAISON,
AND WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR VIEWS ON HOW EFFECTIVELY THESE HAVE WORKED HITHERTO AND TO KNOW WHETHER DANIEL ADDARIO AND YOU
HAVE ANY VIEWS OR IDEAS ABOUT EXTENDING OR FORMALISING THESE
WHEN THE EUROPEANS ARRIVE IN BANGKOK.
3. THE DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF THESE OFFICERS WILL CLEARLY
PRESENT GREATER PROBLEMS OF LIAISON. THE WEST GERMANS WONDER
WHETHER IT WOULD BE PRACTICAL, EXPEDIENT AND ACCEPTABLE FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ALL THE EUROPEANS TO WORK UNDER ONE ROOF TO ENSURE MAXIMUM COOPERATION, INSTEAD OF FROM THEIR OWN EMBASSIES. (OUR OWN VIEW IS THAT IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO SET OUT ON SUCH A BASIS
BUT THAT THIS MIGHT BE AN AIM FOR THE FUTURE.)
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