XN000022-1985-02-28 — Page 4

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985

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WE AGREED THE FUNDAMENTAL FACT WHICH IS SO COMMON AMONG POLICE FORCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT PERSONAL CONTACT AND KNOWING WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH CONCERNING POLICE PROBLEMS WAS A MAJOR STEP AHEAD AS OPPOSED TO JUST OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION.

SO WE NOW ENVISAGE A REGULAR PROCESS OF MEETINGS PREFERABLY ABOUT ONCE EVERY FOUR MONTHS. THESE MEETINGS WILL REVIEW THE PROGRESS AND THE RESULTS OF THE POINTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

SO IN OTHER WORDS THIS HAS BEEN THE FIRST OF A NOW PERMANENT SERIES OF SUCH MEETINGS.

OTHER SPECIFIC SUBJECTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AND MADE DECISIONS ON WERE PROBLEMS CONCERNING COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY. IT BECAME QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY IN HONG KONG WERE ALSO AFFECTING CHINA AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE VERY MUCH CLOSER AND QUICKER CONTACT OVER SUCH PROBLEMS.

WE DEALT WITH THE SUBJECT OF NARCOTICS AND WE DECIDED THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SUCH CLOSE NEIGHBOURS THE NORMAL INTERPOL CONNECTION AND LIAISON CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM WAS INADEQUATE AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH MUCH CLOSER AND MUCH QUICKER LIAISON AS FAR AS THE PROBLEMS OF NARCOTICS MOVING TO AND FROM ACROSS OUR BORDER IS CONCERNED.

A PARTICULAR PROBLEM WHICH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES RAISED WAS THE SMUGGLING OF NATIONAL TREASURES FROM CHINA, OUT OF CHINA AND WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO OUT OF CHINA AND INTO HONG KONG.

AND WE AGREED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WHICH HAD TO BE FURTHER EXAMINED, BEARING IN MIND THAT THE LAWS OF CHINA AND THE LAWS OF HONG KONG DO NOT IN FACT COINCIDE. THIS WAS AN AREA WHICH WE MUST OBVIOUSLY EXAMINE AND SOLVE.

WE DISCUSSED IN CONSIDERABLE DEPTHS THE SUBJECT OF COUNTER- TERRORISM AND COUNTER-HIJACKING PROCEDURES. RECOGNISING THAT THIS AGAIN WAS VERY MUCH AN INTERNATIONAL POLICE PROBLEM WE REALISED THAT BECAUSE OF OUR CLOSE PROXIMITY THE NORMAL MACHINE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND THAT WE MUST SET UP VERY MUCH CLOSER LIAISON AND CLOSER CO-OPERATION IN INCIDENTS WHERE THERE IS INVOLVEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS OR HIJACKERS.

WE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF FUGITIVE OFFENDERS, THAT IS CITIZENS OF CHINA WHO COMMIT OFFENCES IN HONG KONG AND WHO RETURN TO CHINA. THEY HAVE IN FACT BROKEN HONG KONG LAWS, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH IT AND VICE VERSA.

WE REALISE OF COURSE THAT THERE WAS DIFFERENCE IN LAW BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA ON THIS SUBJECT BUT FROM A POLICE POINT OF VIEW, FROM PURELY A POLICE PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW, WE BOTH SUBSCRIBED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT FUGITIVES SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THEIR PLACE OF ORIGIN IN WHICH THEY HAD COMMITTED THE CRIME, BUT OF COURSE WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF LAW.

/THE PUBLIC