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FUTURE OF ANGL.C/US/HONG KONG CUOPERATION AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING
You will remember that last summer I visited Hong kong for joint talks with the United States and long long on the problems of drug trafficking into anu put Hong Long (I attach a copy of my note of 22 lay to år „arner seeking wuthoriu
travel, since this gives a brief account of the background to the meeting, e of the proposals to emerge from the meeting (paragrapis 26-31 of my report or 5 July, a copy of which is attached, refer) was that there should of convbusing cooperation in the form of recular meetings of the heads of drugs enforcement services to discuss and establish policy relating to drugo law enforcement Jobe10. This was an American proposal and at the time I received it with some espbion, undertaking only to study it on my return to London.
which has now been chang?
Since then John Ingersoll has left the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs./ and enlarged into the Drug Enforcement Administration (NSA), and has been succeousů by John Bartels. Taking advantage of the change, with the agreement of 100, Jong Kong and the DBA, I secured a delay in deciding on the future of the Hour Hong exercise on the ground that no action should be taken which was likely 13 sily to prejudice the implementation of the recommendations of the United Natione Committee on Drug Trafficking in the Far Last (whose rain recommendation. mer S at obtaining better cooperation in the region at operational drug law enforsment level).
3. The recommendations were approved at the 3rd pecial vession of the Narcotics Commission at Geneva in February (subject to the imrimatur of 200500), and during that meeting; I had informal discussions with kr Bartels and subsequently with the Head of the International Division of D2A (12 Jusak) and with Dr Molph, the long Kong Commissioner for Narcotics, about the future of the aglo, Co/long vong sxercise. The DA, -now-that-their house is in order, were keen to maintain the initiative and the long kong and United Kingdom sides undertook to consider their proposal that meetings should continue for the time being and subject to regular review, on the following basis. The meetings should be between the lead of the DIA (er of its International Jivision), the hong kong Commissioner for Marcotice, and the lead of Home Office Drugs branch, accompanied by such additional officers us each night thich appropriate (but representation should be kept to a minimum). Their general purposs would be to review the trends in drug trafficking into and cut of long hong ang the response of the law enforcement agencies to the traffic in the period since the lack meeting (this review would provide the background against which policy could be developed by the appropriate authority at an operational level but should not tresp upon that authority's prerogatives). The long hong Commissioner for Narcotics soul. convene and write the note of the meetings. The venue would be agreed on an ad aco basis and the meetings would, generally, be annual (subject to regular review), but if there were a sudden and significant change in trafficking any party could ask for a meeting to discuss this.
4. It was suggested that it would be a propriate, given agreement in principle to these proposals, to hold a meeting sometime in June or July 1974 (i.e. about a year after the first meeting), washington was proposed as the venue. hong long is unsuitable because it is almost impossible to avoid publicity and although thang meetings will not overlap the UN activity, they could be misrepresented so duten aur like the DNA officials have been pressing Rolph to visit their washington heudquart\ərs
some tire. I was not disposed to offer london at the present stage of thẻ Levolor. of this exercise, partly because of the possible expense of tima and resourone would be required in servicing a meeting and partly because I did not wish to onem the United Kingdon too wholeheartedly to participation.
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