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FORSIGN OFFICE,
RECE
Rro 24 NOV 11
November 22nd, 1911-
My dear Minister
On the 30th ultimo you communicated to Sir
Francie Campbell a suggestion by the Portuguese Goverment
that their delentes at the forthcoming foium Conference
should come to London before the opening of the Conference
to consult with the British delegates as to tuoir attitude
in regard to the restrictions which it is proposed to
place on the manufacture of and trade in opium.
In the absence of a definite proɛrzame of the
subjects for discussion at the Conference it was been
found impossible to furnish the British delegates with
detailed instructions as to their attitude, which must to
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