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(DISTRIBUTION AMENDED 31ST OCTOBER 1990)

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HONG KONG/US DRUG TRAFFICKING AGREEMENT

1. FOLLOWING IS THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 OF

MIPT.

2. THE BRITISH SIDE INTEND THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ENTER INTO A BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO PROVIDE FOR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN THE SEIZURE AND CONFISCATION OF THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.

3. THE AGREEMENT WILL BE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS INITIALLY, EXTENDIBLE ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY MUTUAL CONSENT. IT IS NOT INTENDED THAT THE AGREEMENT SHOULD CONTINUE BEYOND 1997.

4. THE BRITISH SIDE ALSO INTEND THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ESTABLISH SIMILAR TIME-LIMITED AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS WITH WHOM IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE COOPERATION IN THE INVESTIGATION OF DRUG TRAFFICKING AND THE CONFISCATION OF THE PROCEEDS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE BRITISH SIDE WILL INFORM THE CHINESE SIDE IN ADVANCE OF CONCLUDING SUCH FURTHER AGREEMENTS. THE CHINESE SIDE WAS INFORMED ON 3 AUGUST 1990 OF THE INTENTION THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ENTER INTO A SIMILAR BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.

5. IT IS THE INTENTION THAT SUCH TIME-LIMITED AGREEMENT SHOULD IN DUE COURSE BE SUBSUMED WITHIN THE BROADER MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ARRANGEMENTS OF WHICH CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE SIDE HAS RECENTLY BEGUN AT JLG 16.

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