UNCLASSIFIED
HKC385/1
UNCLASSIFIED
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY QUITO
TELNO 57
OF 21120OZ MAY 91
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
hu
22/5.
37
046646
MDLOAN 2121
39
YOUR TELNO 93 :
UK/ECUADOR DRUGS CONFISCATION AGREEMENT
1. TUR IS VERY ENCOURAGING. UK TEAM'S TRAVEL PLANS STILL UNDECIDED BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY OVER A MONEY LAUNDERING
CONFERENCE IN JAMAICA FROM 19 TO 21 JUNE. BUT A VISIT TO QUITO FROM 26 TO 28 JUNE IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY. TEAM WOULD ARRIVE FROM NEGOTIATIONS IN PANAMA (24-25 JUNE, ALSO STILL TO BE CONFIRMED) AND RETURN TO UK FROM QUITO. WE WILL REVERT WITH
DEFINITE PLANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2.
(FOR HONG KONG). WE ASSUME THAT HONG KONG WOULD PREFER TO NEGOTIATE ITS OWN, TIME-LIMITED, AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR RATHER THAN BE INCLUDED IN THE UK'S AGREEMENT. NONETHELESS, COORDINATION OF OUR EFFORTS WOULD SEEM SENSIBLE.
ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC POINTS YOU WOULD WISH US TO RAISE WITH ECUADOR ON YOUR BEHALF? IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WE COULD GIVE YOU A READ-OUT OF OUR NEGOTIATIONS AND A COPY OF THE DRAFT
AGREEMENT WHICH EMERGES.
HURD
YYYY
MAIN
LIMITED
ERD
NCAD
LAD
HKD
59
LEGAL ADVISERS
NEWS D
ADDITIONAL
3
DISTRIBUTION
62
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD PS/MR GAREL-JONES
PS/PUS
MR BAYNE
MR SLATER
MR BEAMISH
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