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TO ROUTINE CANBERRA TELNO 1
OF 090240Z JANUARY 92
INFO ROUTINE F C O, PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Extradit
VIPPA.
NEGOTIATIONS:
1.
HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA: IPPA AND EXTRADITION
TWO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS WILL VISIT CANBERRA LATER THIS MONTH TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION
AND PROTECTION AGREEMENT (20-22 JANUARY) AND A BILATERAL EXTRADITION AGREEMENT (23-28 JANUARY). BOTH DELEGATIONS WILL BE LED BY DAVID EDWARDS, LAW OFFICER (INTERNATIONAL LAW), AND WILL STAY AT THE PARK HYATT HOTEL, CANBERRA. THIS IS THE SECOND AND, WE HOPE FINAL ROUND ON EXTRADITION.
2. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE IPPA TEAM WILL BE:
FRANCIS HO,
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT
EDMOND LEE,
3.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXTRADITION TEAM WILL BE:
A. SINCLAIR,
A.A. BRUCE,
J.M. HUNTER,
PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY, SECURITY BRANCH SENIOR ASSISTANT CROWN PROSECUTOR, EXTRADITION UNIT
SENIOR COUNSEL, INTERNATIONAL LAW DIVISION.
WE DO NOT THINK THE DELEGATIONS WILL NEED TO BOTHER YOU FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR OTHER ASSISTANCE BUT THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND A REPORTING TELEGRAM AT THE END OF EACH NEGOTIATION.
WILSON
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