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concerned about the large amount of illicit drugs from the

"Golden Triangle" reaching the US and other world markets via

Hong Kong.

11. A UN Ad Hoc Committee for the Far East will later this

year be examining possible ways of fostering regional

co-operation against illicit traffic in narcotics. The committee

has still to be approved by ECOSOC. It is hoped that there will

eventually be a sub-commission for the Far East. Meanwhile the

Americans have proposed to us that the Director of the US Bureau

of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Mr Ingersoll, should visit

Hong Kong in early June for an informal meeting about the

problem. Subject to agreement over dates, we and the Hong Kong

Government have accepted this proposal. It is likely that

Mr Train, who is Head of the Drugs Branch of the Home Office,

will go to Hong Kong for the meeting, perhaps accompanied by

Police and Customs preventive experts. The meeting will be

without publicity and is to avoid crossing wires with the UN

Ad Hoc Committee.

12. I will attend the meeting; I know Mr Cheong-Leen.

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