In any further communication
on this subicct, please quote
No.
28537/12.
and address
The Unter-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office,
mneate.
7.0.19346
Sir:-
London.
0418
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FORD OF 12
1912.
REGE
July
I am directed by Secretary Sir E.Grey to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, trans-
mitting the draft of a telegram which the Secretary of
State for the Colonies proposes to address to the
Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong on the
subject of opium.
In reply I am to inform you that Sir E.Grey concurs
in the terms of this telegram but would suggest that,
!
before it is despatched, the concurrence of the
Secretary of State for India should also be obtained.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Wangley
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.