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Friday, October 26, 1973

U.N. DRUG TEAM HERE SUNDAY

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A United Nations team that is studying ways to improve international

cooperation to fight drug trafficking in the Far East will arrive

in Hong Kong on Sunday for a four-day visit.

The team, which consists of 10 members of the UN.N. Commission on

Narcotic Drugs Ad Hoc Committee for the Far East Region, is making the

visit as part of a month-long tour that will take it to eight Asian capitals.

The committee has already visited Bangkok, Colombo, Kuala Lumpur,

Saigon and Vientiane.

During its Hong Kong visit, the committee will hold talks with

government officials, including the Secretary for Security, Mr. G.P. Moyd;

the Commissioner for Narcotics, Mr. N.G. Rolph; the Commissioner of Police,

Mr. C.P. Sutcliffe; and experts involved in the rehabilitation of drug addicts.

The committee is made up of representatives of six countries

Australia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan and Britain und observers from

the International Narcotics Control Board and Interpol. It is being led by Mr.

J.F.O'Connor, the Assistant Comptroller of Custons and Excise in Canberra, Australia.

Other members of the committee include the British representative, the

Assistant Secretary of State in the Home office, Mr. C.J. Train, and U.N,

representative, Miss Betty Mountfield.

Miss Mountfield is the Bangkok outposted officer for the U.N.

Division of Narcotic Drugs in Geneva.

The committee