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COPY.
Confidential.
sir,
British Embassy,
Tokio, 26th.November, 1910.
116
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of Your Excellency's despatch (No. 5125/08) in regard to the report that a large supply of Turkish opium has recently been purchased by the Japanese Government and shipped via Osaka to Fortiosa.
I will not fail to do all that lies in my power to ascertain the facts of this matter but I need hardly add that in view of the circumstances connected therewith, it is not unlikely that it will be extremely difficult to obtain the information Your Excellency requires.
I have etc..
(Sd.) Claude Macdonald,
His Excellency
Sir F. Lugard, K.CM.G., C.B., D.8.0..
Government House, Hongkong.
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