DKK 384/ RECEIVEL REGISTRY
DYLLA
13 DEC 1986
OFFICER
PA
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Action Taken
этик
OCMIAN 1548
RESTRICTED
DD 261900Z WASHI
FM FCOLN TO WASHI
261700Z NOV
GRS 335
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 261900Z WASHINGTON
TELNO 2073
OF 26170OZ NOVEMBER 86
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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SUPPLEMENTARY EXTRADITION TREATY: OUR TEL NO 2050
AND YOUR TEL NO 2986 (NOW COPIED TO PEKING)
1. WE PROPOSE TO PROCEED AS SUGGESTED BY DALTON. THE
INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION WOULD BE UNQUALIFIED AND
WOULD THUS INCLUDE HONG KONG. BUT THE NOTES EXCHANGED
UPON RATIFICATION WOULD MAKE CLEAR THAT THE APPLICATION
OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY TREATY WAS SUSPENDED IN RESPECT
OF HONG KONG PENDING NOTICE FROM US THAT THE NECESSARY
STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO ENABLE EFFECT TO BE GIVEN
TO IT IN RELATION TO HONG KONG. GRATEFUL FOR
HONG KONG'S CONFIRMATION THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION.
WE CANNOT GO FIRM WITH THE AMERICANS UNTIL WE HAVE
THIS CONFIRMATION BUT SUGGEST THAT IN THE MEANTIME
DALTON MIGHT PROVIDE YOU WITH A DRAFT EXCHANOE OF
NOTES.
2. WE NOW PROPOSE TO CONSULT THE CHINESE AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. WE WILL SEND A DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE
WITH TEXT OF TREATY TO PEKING BY NEXT BAG WITH COPIES
TO HONG KONG. WE WOULD DEAL WITH ANY COMMENTS ON
THE SPEAKING NOTE WHICH HONG KONG OR PEKING MAY
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