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In any further communica- tion on this subject, please quote
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The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Sir:-
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10 NOV ⠀ FOREIGN OFFICE
November
1911.
With reference to previous correspondence on the
subject of the forthcoming International Opiun Confer-
ence, I am directed by Secretary Sir E.Grey to transmit
to you, to be laid before Mr.Secretary Harcourt, the
accompanying copy of a despatch from His Majesty's"
Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon, and of a letter from the
Portuguese Minister at this Court,rèquesting the support
of His Majesty's Government in obtaining the consent of
the Chinese Government to the constriction of the Macao -
Canton Railway.
Sir E.Grey does not think that support could pro-
perly be given to an attempt to make such consent & con-
dition of the adoption by Portugal of a reasonable atti-
tude in the matter of opium. He would, however, before
replying to Senhor Teixeira-Gomes, be glad to be furn-
ished with Mr.Harcourt's views on the subject.
e Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Falampbell