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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1988

MR ANN ING SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT SOME PROGRESS HAD BEEN EMERGED THAT WOULD MADE REGARDING THESE ISSUES AND THAT DETAILS HAD NOT HAVE BEEN FORTHCOMING THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS OF CORRESPONDENCE.

SO FAR AS NARCOTICS WERE CONCERNED, MR ANNING SAID HE HAD BEEN

COMMENCED ITS OPEN TOLD THAT SINCE CHINA HAD

DOOR POLICY IT WAS VISITORS, BEGINNING TO FIND A TRAFFICKING PROBLEM INVOLVING OVERSEAS INCLUDING SOME HONG KONG PEOPLE.

"IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT DRUGS ARE TRANSITTING CHINA AND OR ARE COMING FROM THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THEY ARE DESTINED FOR,

WE HAVE A HONG KONG, THUS

JOINT INTEREST IN OBTAINING AS INTELLIGENCE ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER ALL IT COULD TO US PNCOVERING TRAFFICKING RINGS

MANUFACTURERS HERE IN

KONG, BE SAID).

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AGENDA, ASKED WHETHER COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY HAD BEEN ON HIS

ALWAYS RAISED AS HONG KONG ANNING SAID THE SUBJECT WAS COUNTERFEITED HERE COULD FIND A MARKET INSIDE THE PRC WHERE, THEY WERE LESS EASILY RECOGNISED AS FORGERIES DUE TO UNFAMILIARITY.

MR

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HEAD OF HAD ARRESTED A

KONG

THE "IN FACT ON THE MORNING OF OUR VISIT TO HANGZHOU

JUST THE PREVIOUS EVENING THEY CID TOLD US THAT SYNDICATE IN POSSESSION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FORGED HONG

FOLLOW UP BANKNOTES AND MY OFFICERS HAVE TAKEN DETAILS FOR НЕ ADDED.

$1,000 ACTION,

HANGZHOU AND QUILIN WERE NEW PORTS OF CALL FOR THE BECAUSE BOTII CITIES NOW HAVE COMMISSIONER AND HIS PARTY. "THIS IS

ESTABLISH DIRKT AIR LINKS WITH HONG KONG AND WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO

TO FXCHANGE VIEWS AND CONTACT

OPEN UP AVENUES CO-OPERATION SHOULD IT BE NEEDED," MR. ANNING EXPLAINED.

FOR FURTHER

MR MAYOR,

SU "THIS WAS THE AND STATION

ANOTHER FIRST OCCURRED IN PEKING WHERE THE VICE ZHONGX LANG, ARRANGED FOR A VISIT TO A POLICE STATION. FIRST TIME WE HAD BEEN INVITED TO VISIT A WORKING POLICE IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN PROCEDURE.

FOR EXAMPLE WE WERE SHOWN THE

EN THE KUFREBY EVERYBODY WHO LIVES GBV FOUSLY HELPS IS CRIME PREVENTION.'

"

HOUSEHOLD

REGISTRATION SYSTEM DISTRICT IS REGISTERED, WHICH

HOWEVER, MR ANNING HASTENED TO ADD THAT HE DID NOT SEE LASTEM BEING APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG.

·

SUCH A

THEIR WHOLE SYSTEM OF LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IS QUITE THE OTHER DIFFERENT TO OURS AND WHEREAS IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW

POINT OR TWO, THERE ARE WORKS, AND PERIJAPS OCCASIONALLY PICK UP A

UNDER OUR JURISDICTION.'"

MANY

FACETS WHICH WOULD NOT BE PRACTICARLE HE ADDED.

"

"IN THE PAST WE HAVE BROUGHT BACK ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT WHICH WE FILT WERE WORTHWH|1,1 EVALUATING AND, OF COURSE, THE REVERSE HAS APPLIED, IT 13 ALWAYS USEFUL TO SWAP

BETWEEN FORCES

EXPERIENCE

!

10 FIFERENCES IN JURISDICTION.

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/MR ANNING