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In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
No.
and address-
29380/12.
The Under-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office,
London.
Ug 265
Sir:-
FOREIGN OFFICE
July
You.
1912.
494
With reference to your letter, 16489 of the 1st.
ultimo, I amn directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to
trananit to you herewith copy of a despatch from His
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Majesty's Minister at Peking recommending the prohibi-
tion of the importation of Turkish and Persian Opium
into Hongkong.
I am to inform you that Sir E. Grey agrees with
Sir J. Jordan in considering that this step is desir-
able.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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I am,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Wanglen