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IMMEDIATE
CYPHER/CAT A GRPS 900
FM HONG KONG 970580Z
CONFIDENTIAL
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- 7 FEB 1977
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DESKBY FCO 070900Z
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 136 OF 7 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FCO PLEASE PASS),
ROUTINE PEKING.
FOR H K D.
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 83.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS:
NARCOTICS.
N..T
REF.
THE INFORMATION REQUESTED (IN THE SAME ORDER AS THE QUESTIONS ASKED) 13 AS FOLLOWS:
(1) THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE HONG KONG
IN POSSESSION OF HEROIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY PROSECUTED, IN 1974, 1975 AND 1976 WAS: NIL, SEVEN AND SIX RESPECTIVELY.
(2)
THE NUMBER OF HEROIN REFINERIES DISCOVERED IN 1974, 1975 AND 1976, TOCETHER WITH THE QUANTITIES REING PRODUCED. AT THE TIME OF
THEIR DETECTION WERE:
NUMBER
QUANTITY
1
1974
7
49 KILOS
1975
3
94 KILOS
1975
11
38 KILOS
COATIN TWPIAL
/ (3) THE EXACT.