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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2405 TO HONG KONG : RECIPROCAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS: ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
1. THE TIMING OF OUR APPROACH TO THE CHINESE WILL PRESUMABLY DEPEND ON HOW FAR FORWARD EDWARDS HAS TAKEN HIS REVIEW OF THIS SUBJECT. ON THE FACE OF IT, WE SEE NO PARTICULAR REASON TO DELAY PUTTING OUR THOUGHTS TO THE CHINESE ONCE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SO. WE AGREE THAT JD 71 GIVES US STRONG GROUNDS FOR RAISING THE SUBJECT IN THE JLG AND NOTE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY TOLD THE CHINESE THAT WE WILL, IN DUE COURSE, BE MAKING SPECIFIC PROPOSALS AS TO HOW IT MIGHT BE CARRIED FORWARD. WE ALSO AGREE, CHINESE WORRIES ABOUT THE EROSION OF THE PRC'S CONTROL AND SOVEREIGNTY NOTWITHSTANDING, THAT THIS SUBJECT IS LIKELY TO BE LESS POLITICALLY SENSITIVE THAN EXTRADITION AND MLA ARRANGEMENTS. AS TO HOW WE SHOULD RAISE IT WITH THE CHINESE, WE SUGGEST THAT WE PUT FORWARD OUR THOUGHTS IN A PAPER TO BE HANDED OVER DURING ONE OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS BETWEEN JLG OFFICES.
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