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DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE: DESIGNATION OF
GIBRALTAR.
1.
WE HAVE CONCLUDED ARRANGEMENTS WITH GIBRALTAR ALONG LINES
SIMILAR TO THOSE CONCLUDED LATE LAST YEAR WITH HMG AND OUR AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, PROVIDING FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THE SUPPRESSION OF DRUG TRAFFICKING. A DRAFT AMENDMENT ORDER DESIGNATING GIBRALTAR UNDER THE DRUG TRAFFICKING (RECOVERY OF PROCEEDS) ORDINANCE IS TO BE CONSIDERED BY EXCO TODAY AND PRESENTED TO LEGCO ON 18 DECEMBER. IF APPROVED BY BOTH COUNCILS, THE ORDER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE AND COME INTO EFFECT ON 20 DECEMBER.
A COPY OF THE LETTER EXCHANGED WITH GIBRALTAR FOLLOWS BY BAG TO FCO. THE CHINESE HAVE NOT (NOT) BEEN INFORMED, SINCE THESE ARE JUST ARRANGEMENTS, NOT AGREEMENTS.
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AS A RELATED BUT SEPARATE MATTER, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ADVISE WHETHER WE SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE UN OUR AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES (A COPY EACH OF THE THREE AGREEMENTS FOLLOWS BY BAG TO FCO). WE UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE UN CHARTER, ARTICLE 102, EVERY TREATY AND EVERY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT SHALL BE REGISTERED WITH THE UN SECRETARIAT AND PUBLISHED BY IT. OUR BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ARE TIME-LIMITED, AND WE INTEND TO SUBSUME THEM UNDER COMPREHENSIVE MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS, THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR WHICH WILL COMMENCE AS SOON AS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT GIVES IT APPROVAL. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADOPT A LOW-KEY PUBLICITY APPROACH, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WISH TO ANTAGONISE CHINA AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AVOID ATTRACTING DRUG TRAFFICKERS' ATTENTION TO THESE AGREEMENTS, THEREBY GIVING THEM AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER COUNTER-
MEASURES.
WILSON
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