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that were raised at the meeting were:
(i)
(ii)
UN Ad Hoc Committee in South East Asia
Mr Train and Mr Rolph agreed that it would be better
if Hong Kong were not directly associated with the
Ad Hoc Committee. The main drawback as they saw it
was the possible political disadvantage of having to
explain fir Rolph's presence in certain South East
Asian countries.
Involvement of Peoples Republic of China
The US were not keen on the idea of Sir H Greenfield
(President of International Narcotics Control Board)
visiting Peking. They thought little would be gained
from such a visit. Although the Americans could see
certain advantages in involving China more actively
in the fight against drug trafficking, they thought
that there would be few positive gains. They thought
it might be better to foster the interest of the
Chinese by informal discussions at embassy level in
countries in South East Asia.
(iii) Trawler traffic
The main problems were of identification and inter-
ception. Once the trawlers had offloaded on to small
craft operating outside Hong Kong, interception
became virtually impossible. Bugging trawlers had
been tried but with no success so far. The Americans
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