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PRECEDENT FOR RENDITION. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE MATTER SHOULD BE LOOKED AT FURTHER.

(F) THE LIST OF OFFENCES

SURENA SAID THE US WOULD PREFER NO LIST, BUT FOLLOWING EDWARDS' EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY HK NEEDED ONE HIS ATTITUDE SOFTENED.

INDEED THERE WAS QUITE A DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE LIST AND SOME INDICATION THAT WE CAN SOLVE PARTICULAR US PROBLEMS. (G) ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL

SURENA WONDERED HOW IMPORTANT ARTICLE 15 OF OUR MODEL WAS FOR HONG KONG. HE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE VERY ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR REQUESTS BY HONG KONG BECAUSE IT WOULD ENCOURAGE FUGITIVES TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF REPRESENTATIONS TO THE US SECRETARY OF STATE. EDWARDS EXPLAINED THE CHINA DIMENSION BUT INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO CONSIDER SIMPLIFYING AND NARROWING THE ARTICLE. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE US WILL PERSEVERE WITH THEIR OBJECTIONS TO THIS.

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AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETINGS THE US CONFIRMED THAT THEY

WISHED TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THIS NEGOTIATION WITHOUT DELAY. CLEARLY THEY RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCLUDING A SATISFACTORY EXTRADITION AGREEMENT WITH HONG KONG. THE TWO SIDES AGREED TO MEET AGAIN (IN HONG KONG) FOR A WEEK COMMENCING EITHER 2 SEPTEMBER OR 7 OCTOBER THIS YEAR.

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