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FAX SULLIVAN/COX, HKD OF 22 AUGUST:

HONG KONG/NETHERLANDS EXTRADITION AGREEMENT

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FAX UR CONTAINED THE TEXT OF A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE NETHERLANDS MFA ALONG THE LINES OF THAT CONTAINED IN HONG KONG TELNO 1298 (COPY BY FAX TO LO (IL) HONG KONG).

2. SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS HONG KONG MAY HAVE WE PROPOSE THAT THE HAGUE SHOULD REPLY AS FOLLOWS:

HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S EMBASSY PRESENT THEIR COMPLIMENTS TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE MINISTRY'S NOTE NUMBER ISN 39687, DATED 20 AUGUST 1991, WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS:

OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS TEXT OF DUTCH NOTE IN FULL CLOSE SQUARE

BRACKETS.

HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S EMBASSY CONFIRM THAT THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED NOTE ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AND THAT THE MINISTRY'S NOTE, TOGETHER WITH THIS REPLY, SHALL CONSTITUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WHICH SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE TODAY.

GOVERNMENTS

(told the Hague,

Hague?

HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S EMBASSY AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THE ASSURANCE OF THEIR HIGHEST CONSIDERATION.

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NTCD HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE HAGUE SHOULD COMPLY EXPLICITLY WITH CHAPTER 7 OF DSP VOLUME 6, PART 1.

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