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application was 'granted and the Letters of Request were signed, and

on June 20, 1989 they were sent to the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In relevant part, the Letters'

statedi

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NOW I, the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, HPRZŻY BEQUEST for the reasons aforesaid and for the assistance of the said Court THAT you will be pleased to summon the said witness and such other witnesses as the agents of the attorney General of Hong Kong humbly request you to so summon, to attend for examination and to produce the documents and records as aforesaid, at such time and at such place as you shall appoint, before such person appointed by you as according to your procedure is competent to take the testimony of witnesses AND THAX you and require the production of documents.

shall require such witness or witnesses to be examined viva voce touching the said matters in question in the presence of agents of the Attorney General of Hong Kong or such of them as shall, on due nötics given, attend the examination.

AND I further request that you will permit the agents of the Attorney General of Hong Kong or such of them as shall be present to examine such witnesses as may, after que notice in writing, be produced.

AND I further request that you will be pleased to cause the evidence of the said witnesses to be reduced into writing and all documents and records relevant to the on such subject måtter of this request produced examination to be duly marked for identification, and that you will be further pleased to authenticate such examination by the seal of your tribunal or in such other way as is in accordance with your procedure and to return '*

for transmission to the Supreme Court of Hong Kong.

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(emphasis in original).

'Several Letters of Request were issued, each directed obtaining records from a different bank.

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of each letter appears to have been identical.