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1992-06-12
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SECURITY BRANCH
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系所鱨號 Your Ret
Mr R Bunten
Hong Kong Department FCO
4KC 384/4
12 June 1992
Dear Mr Bunten
CM
We have received from the Dutch Consul-General here a Dutch text of the Hong Kong/Netherlands Initialled Agreement Unfortunately, it probably on Surrender of Fugitive Offenders. does not reflect the following changes which we have agreed with
them:
(a)
first preambular paragraph punctuation should be '
(line 4): 1 instead of ';';
the
(b)
(c)
it should read on every person in accordance
third preambular paragraph: "recalling the rights conferred involved
criminal proceedings
in
11
(Telno
with generally recognized standards; 1028 from HK to FCO dated 10 April 1992 refers);
word
Article 2(1)(ix): the
should "dangerous" (Telno 06 from Hague be replaced by "narcotic" to Hong Kong dated 29 July 1991 copied to refers);
you
Article 7(c): the last word should be "treaties"
(Telno 1028 as
above); instead of "law"
(b) per
(a)
and
(e)
Article 9(1) (line 3): the word "requested" should be replaced by "requesting" (Telno 06 of (c) above refers).
I should be grateful
Notwithstanding the above points, I should be if you could let me know whether the rest of the Dutch text is in order or not. Subject to your comments, we may then send the finalized Dutch text to the Chinese side.
May I have your comments by 26 June, please?
Yours sincerely
Cha philip Chan)
for Secretary for Security
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