In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
2980/12.
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The Under-Secretary of Stato,
Foreign Office,
London.
C O 503 2372
January 23rd, 1912.
ediate.
13.0.20€3.
Sir:-
With reference to my letter of the 20th. instant,
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to
you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State
for the Colonies, copies of two further despatches from
the British Delegates to the Opium Conference at the
Hague.
It will be observed that the draft Convention
enclosed in the first of these despatches differs in
certain respects from the previous drafts which have
been sent home by the Delegates. The new points which
appears to Sir E. Grey to be of the most importance are
the following:-
1. The insertion of the word "règlements" after
"lois" in Article 9 and other articles.
2.
The absence of any mention of the substance
"codeine" amongst the derivatives of opium.
3.
The insertion of the words "Treaty Powers" in
Article 15 and subsequent articles.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
4.