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travel between the two places. This agreement had been the subject of a document signed in Shenzhen on 30 April. Mr. McLaren said that although the work of these new joint working groups was separate from that of border liaison, the two systems should be regarded as complementary. Where interests and responsibilities overlapped, the working group discussions could be reviewed under the border liaison arrangements.
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3. Mr. McLaren recalled the agreement reached at October's review to give liaison officers themselves greater flexibility and responsibility for day to day liaison matters and to call meetings of the full liaison committee only when necessary. In the event, liaison officers had been so successful in resolving issues and exchanging information that no meeting of the full committee had been necessary. Direct contact at
liaison officer level had been supplemented by meetings of experts to discuss specific questions and to exchange detailed information. A good instance of such cooperation was the meeting between Hong Kong's Director of Criminal Investigation and Guangdong PSB's Mr. WANG Zailin on 10 June. Further meetings of a similar nature should form a regular feature of border liaison. Mr. Clancy confirmed that the meeting on 10 June had
been very useful.
4. Mr. Bridge thanked Mr. ZHANG and his colleagues for all the help that had been given on immigration matters and the timely and speedy response to the many questions that had been asked.
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5. Mr. ZHANG agreed that border liaison arrangements had worked well. There had been some 70 border liaison contacts since
May 1981. They had achieved timely solutions in such areas as passenger and transport problems, cross-border farming, .illegal immigration, smuggling and other illegal activities. In response to Mr. McLaren's suggestion that liaison could be improved and extended through direct contact between Customs liaison officers, Mr. ZHANG said that he would need to discuss
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