TNAG-0414-FCO40-460-Review-of-narcotics-problem-in-Hong-Kong-1973 — Page 82

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HONG KONG IS A HUAJOR VICTIM OF THE ILLICITY TRAFFIC IN RAW Ortum AND MORPHINE BASE FROM THAILAND AND PROBABLY SOMETHING IN THE ORDER OF 50 TONS OF THE FORMER AND 10 TONS OF THE LATTER PER YEAR ARE LANDED. THIS GIVE THE COLONY THE WORST OPTUN ALU MENDIN Dulcried PROBLEM IN THE WORLD PER HEAD OF THE POPULATION - HOT LEGA THAN 69,670 ADDICTS IN A POPULATION OF 4 BILLION. LARGELY OVING TO ITS POSITION ASTRIDE THE MAJOR SHIPPING AND AIR QOUTER HONG KONG 15 ALSO UNFORTUNATELY A CLANDESTINE HEROIN PRODUCER WITH AN ILLICITY EXPORT TRAZE TO, AMONGST OTHERS, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA, WITH THE PROBABLE CURTAILNENT OF OPIUM SUPPLIES FROM TURKLY HONG KONG'S ROLE IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING OF HEROIN COULD WELL THGREASE.

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