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A Stuart Esq

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Dear Stuart

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51

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22 April 1974

Wotten

Me conside

and discuss

- 2 MAY 1974

HKK 19/2

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I enclose correspondence about an invitation to the UK Government to send an observer to a Training Seminar on the Control of Drug Abuse, to be held in Djakarta by the UN Division of Narcotics in June. The Division's letter indicates that they have in mind that the UK would send as observer the Hong Kong police officer (whose name, so far as I remember, is Feter Law) who has been posted as liaison officer at our Embassy in Bangkok since last November. Clearly, the decision on whether it would be proper for Mr Law to attend this Seminar, in addition to the Hong Kong participant, is largely for the Hong Kong Government, and I note that a copy of the correspondence has been sent to Norman Rolph. I assume, therefore, that you will wish to consult Hong Kong on whether this invitation should be accepted. For my part, I can see that participation could be useful in enabling Mr Law to establish wider contacts in the region, but I suppose there might be presentational difficulties in having two people from Hong Kong at the seminar, (I doubt whether it is advisable for Hong Kong to get too high a profile before the meetings proposed by the Ad Hoc Committee get under way, although this may be taking an over- cautious view.)

Yours sincerely

Chris Train

C J TRAIN