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SE BRADLEY DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HK
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COPIES TO
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CT WOOD ESQ, HKD, F CO
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MISS A BAILES, BE PEKING MRS C SMITH, FED, F C O
MR PR FIFOOT, CMG, LEGAL ADVISERS, F CO
YOUR TELELETTER OF 29 JUNE: MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
BEFORE ANY OF US GETS ANY MORE CONFUSED I SHOULD HEREBY SEPARATE
TWO ISSUES WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BECOME MUDDLED.
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2. THE FIRST IS A MATTER ON WHICH YOU WROTE TO ME ON 11 MAY AND
ABOUT WHICH I (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) THOUGHT I WAS REPLYING ON 31
MAY. THAT IS A SPECIFIC UK/CHINA LEGAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.
(REF. PEKING TELNO 1228) OUR TELNO 104 GAVE OUR VIEW THAT WE ARE
CONTENT FOR THIS TO GO AHEAD.
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3. THE SECOND IS THE GENERAL QUESTION OF RECIPROCAL JURIDICAL
ASSISTANCE INVOLVING HONG KONG. THE AG'S CHAMBERS ARE WORKING ON THIS AND I FEAR THE ANSWER I HAD FROM THEM, WHICH FORMED THE TEXT OF MY TELELETTER OF 31 MAY, IN FACT REFERRED TO THIS LARGER MATTER RATHER THAN THE SPECIFIC ISSUE WHICH I HAD IN MIND. A FAILURE OF CLARITY SOMEWHERE ON MY PART, NO DOUBT, BUT THERE WE ARE.
4.
THE FIRST, SPECIFIC MATTER IS, AS FAR AS HONG KONG IS CONCERNED, DEALT WITH. THE SECOND, LARGER, ISSUE IS COMPLICATED AND WILL TAKE SOME TIME. AG'S CHAMBERS ESTIMATE THEIR PAPER WILL NOT BE READY FOR
A COUPLE OF MONTHS YET. ALL EXISTING AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT WHETHER AND HOW THESE SHOULD CONTINUE
BEYOND 1997. WE WILL BE SEEKING YOUR VIEWS IN DUE COURSE.
SIGNED S E BRADLEY
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