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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1
JAN Graham Esq CMG
WASHINGTON
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NICK 19/2
26 July 1974
Dear Johny,
DRUG TRAFFICKING
1.
I enclose herewith a copy of a report of the recent discussions in Washington which Chris Train tells me he promised to send to you in person.
2.
This seems to have been a reasonably useful exercise. The series of UK/US/Hong Kong meetings was begun last year at the insistence of the Americans. Their reasons were not entirely clear, but we concluded that they were probably feeling a bit lonely in their efforts to control the drug traffic in South East Asia and wanted, at least symbolically, to involve HMG. At first we held back a bit as we did not want to cross wires with the UN Commission and with the Ad Hoc Committee that was about to tour South East Asia. But now that the Ad Hoc Committee's visit is over we see some advantage in continuing and semi-formalised cooperation with the Americans. This is partly because of the continuing presence of "Chinese" heroin on the UK market. But also because Hong Kong needs help, particularly
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from the Americans in Thailand.
3.
The Hong Kong Government set up a new Commission for Narcotics last year under an ex-policeman, Norman Rolph. He is not
poti a very effective or tactful operator, but these Anglo/US/Hong Kong meetings serve the double purpose of spurring him on and at the same time allowing him to claim in Hong Kong that he is at the centre of high level international discussions.
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Congratulations on
Imy!
C J Train Esq, Home Office
مملا
Andrew S
A C Stuart
Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Dept.
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