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CONFIDENTIAL
34RD 385/22
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 3599
OF 30O9OOZ OCTOBER 89
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Reg
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124310
MDLIAN 2184
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30/10
YOUR TELNOS 1463 AND 2090: DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE 1989: DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES.
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2. WE ARE CONTENT THAT THE PROPOSED HK/UK ARRANGEMENT SHOULD TAKE THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ALOND THE LINES OF YOUR MODEL DRAFT FAXED TO PA ON 7 JULY, SUBJECT TO ONE COMMENT: IT IS UNCLEAR WHY PARA. 2 OF THE UK DRAFT LETTER INVITES HK TO DESIGNATE ''THE UNITED KINGDOM WHILE PARA. 2 OF THE DRAFT HK REPLY SUGGESTS THAT WE MAKE A SERIES OF DESIGNATIONS OF ''ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND, WHEN APPROPRIATE, NORTHERN IRELAND. WE SHOULD PREFER TO TREAT UK AS A SINGLE ENTITY (AS IN THE CASE OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS LEGISLATION) SO AS TO AVOID THE NEED TO CORRESPOND SEPARATELY WITH EACH OF UK'S COMPONENT JURISDICTIONS. GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE
ACCEPTABLE.
3. ON HK/UK ARRANGEMENTS, WE DO NOT WISH TO FOLLOW THE ROUTE SUGGESTED IN PARA. 3 OF 1ST TUR. WE STILL CONSIDER A FULL AGREEMENT MORE APPROPRIATE (AS YOU AGREED IN PARAS 3 AND 4 OF YOUR TELNO 990). SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO SERVE AS A BASIS FOR OUR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE US ON MLAT. THE DRAFT MODEL DRUG AGREEMENT IS NOW BEING FINALISED AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU FOR COMMENTS VERY SHORTLY.
4. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN REPLYING.
WILSON
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