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In any further commuzica- tion on this subject, please quote
No. 27476.
and address -
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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FOREIGN OFFICE
August 31
1907.
With reference to your letter of the 3rd ulti-
mo, forwarding the views of the Officer Administering
the Government of HongKong on the anti-opium proposals
of the Chinese Government as far as they affect Hong-
Kong, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-
mit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, a copy of a telegram from
His Majesty's Minister at Peking in which Sir J.
Jordan, after perusing Mr. May's despatch, suggests
that the import and export trade in prepared opium
between HongKong and China be prohibited, each Gov-
ernment to take measures to prevent smuggling into
its territories.
Sir E.Grey has been informed by Mr. Morley that
he sees no objection to Sir J. Jordan's recommenda-
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tion, so far as the Indian opium trade or the measures
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
relating