DAILY TELEGRAPH
131 JUL 1973
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DRUGS REPORT
IS RUBBISH, SAYS HONGKONG
By Our Hongkong Correspondent
The Hongkong Government "rub- yesterday denounced as
bish "
a United States Congres- sional report which accused Hongkong authorities of lack of co-operation with an American effort to halt the flow of drugs to the United States.
A Government spokesman said there was always a close liaison between Hongkong's narcotics bureau and officials of the United States Bureau of Narcotics stationed in the colony. Their record of success against smugglers 'spoke for itself."
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Mr H. J. Rumbelow chief superintendent of the Hongkong Narcotics Bureau, said the department had a warm and relationship with the close " Americans. Referring to the Congressional report, he com- mented: They don't know what they are talking about. There
evidence that
is
no
amounts of drugs
are
large
going
from Hongkong to the United States.
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