TNAG-2578-FCO40-3765-Prisoner-repatriation-agreement-between-the-UK-and-Japan-pos-1992 — Page 12

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PRISONER REPATRIATION: JAPAN

1. HM EMBASSY TOKYO ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE JAPANESE MFA ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONCLUDING A UK/JAPAN PRISONER TRANSFER AGREEMENT ON THE MODEL OF THE UK/THAI AGREEMENT (1990). THEY EXPECT TO BE ASKED WHETHER SUCH AN AGREEMENT SHOULD APPLY TO HONG KONG.

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GRATEFUL FOR EARLY GUIDANCE AS TO WHETHER HONG KONG WOULD WANT A PRISONER REPATRIATION AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN, EITHER UNDER THE UK UMBRELLA (WHICH WOULD THEN NEED TO BE SEPARATED) OR ''BILATERALLY''. BOTH, WOULD, OF COURSE, NEED TO INVOLVE CONSULTATIONS WITH THE CHINESE AT SOME STAGE.

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