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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 342: DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE : DESIGNATION OF OTHER COUNTRIES
1. WE HELD NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION IN HONG KONG FROM 26 TO 30 NOVEMBER, LEADING TO INITIALLING OF A BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON 30 NOVEMBER. A COPY OF THE INITIALLED AGREEMENT FOLLOWS BY FAX TO FCO FOR INFORMATION. WE EXPECT TO PROCEED TO SIGNATURE EARLY IN 1991, AND SHALL IN DUE COURSE ADVISE THE CHINESE, VIA UKREP JLG HONG KONG, OF OUR INTENTION TO SIGN.
2. OUR AGREEMENT WITH CANADA WAS SIGNED ON 14 NOVEMBER, AND A COPY PASSED TO THE CHINESE ON 16 NOVEMBER (UKREP JLG TELNO 423).
3. THE AGREEMENT WITH THE USA WAS SIGNED ON 23 NOVEMBER, AND WE INTEND TO PASS A COPY TO THE CHINESE SHORTLY.
4. ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN UK AND HONG KONG WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS DATED 8 NOVEMBER AND 23 NOVEMBER.
5. A DRAFT ORDER DESIGNATING JURISDICTIONS WITH WHOM WE HAVE AGREED ON BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS IS NOW BEING PREPARED, AND WE EXPECT TO SUBMIT THIS TO EXCO AND LEGCO EARLY IN 1991.
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