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INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, FCO
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MDLIAN 4679
PEKING TELNO 27: SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS: HONG KONG/GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS.
1. DAVID EDWARDS, LAW OFFICER (INTERNATIONAL LAW) HAS HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS HERE WITH THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL ON THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING A HONG KONG/GERMANY AGREEMENT ON SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
2. WE ARE, HOWEVER, AWAITING CHINESE APPROVAL FOR US TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE GERMANS. WE AGAIN REMINDED THE CHINESE AT JLG XXII THAT THESE NEGOTIATIONS, AND THOSE WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNTRIES, MUST BEGIN SOON. WE HOPE TO GET A POSITIVE RESPONSE SHORTLY.
3. IN THE MEANTIME WE SUGGEST YOU TELL THE GERMANS THAT WE, TOO, VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO TALKS WITH THEM ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL BE IN TOUCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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