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CONFIDENTIAL

ZCZC

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG

TELNO

OF 151003Z OCTOBER 93

YOUR TELNOS 1575 AND 1576: EXTENSION OF 1988 UN

DRUGS CONVENTION TO HONG KONG

ROUTINE

1. WE WELCOME EXCO'S DECISION. WE WONDER WHETHER IT MIGHT BE

BETTER TO PRE-EMPT THE INEVITABLE CHINESE QUESTIONS BY INCLUDING

IN PARA 3 OF SECOND TUR DETAILS OF THE RELEVANT EXISTING HONG

KONG LEGISLATION AND WHAT NEW LEGISLATION, IF ANY, IS REQUIRED.

THIS COULD INCLUDE REFERENCES TO CONFISCATION LAWS, EXTRADITION

PROVISIONS, MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE (MLA) PROVISIONS AND CRIMINAL

LAWS WHICH ESTABLISH AS OFFENCES THE VARIOUS ACTS LISTED IN

ARTICLE 3.

2.

FOLLOWING THE RECENT YIN HE INCIDENT, THE CHINESE MAY WELL BE

SENSITIVE ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF ARTICLE 17. GIVEN THAT HONG

KONG IS NOT A FLAG STATE, WE ASSUME THAT YOU INTEND TO

COMMUNICATE WITH FLAG STATES THROUGH UK DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS

BEFORE 1997, AND THROUGH CHINA AFTERWARDS. IF SO, WOULD THERE BE

ANY ADVANTAGE IN MAKING EXPLICIT REFERENCE TO THIS IN THE

SPEAKING NOTE?

HKD

W A WYVER

3.

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