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FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELNO 20
OF 121115Z SEPTEMBER 88
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WASHINGTON TELNO 15: US/HONG KONG MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
AGREEMENT
1. THE WHOLE QUESTION OF MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ARRANGEMENTS WITH
THIRD COUNTIRES HAS BEEN UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE FOR SOME TIME:
PROGRESS HAS BEEN HELD UP BY OUR WISH TO SEE HOW TALKS WITH THE
CHINESE ON EXTRADITION WENT.
2.
MANY OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH WE SAW WITH A BILATERAL NARCOTICS AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO ARISE WITH ANY MLA AGREEMENT. HOWEVER WE
SEE A NEED FOR HONG KONG TO PRESS. FORWARD WITH THIS. AS A FIRST
STEP IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO SEE A DRAFT MODEL TREATY BUT WE DO NOT
THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH STEWARD AND HARRIS'S TIME TO VISIT IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER. PERHAPS A COPY OF A TEXT COULD BE FORWARDED TO US
BY BAG FOR CONSIDERATION: WE CAN THEN REVERT AFTER CLEARING OUR
LINES LOCALLY AND WITH THE CHINESE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT OF
DISCUSSIONS.
3. BY ALL MEANS ASSURE THE AMERICANS THAT WE ARE KEEN TO GET ON
WITH THIS, BUT FOR THE REASONS WELL KNOWN TO YOU WE CANNOT PROMISE SWIFT PROGRESS.
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