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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL,
[49005]
No. 1,
[November 29.]
SECTION 1.
(No. 326.) Sir,
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
Foreign Office, November 22, 1912. 1 HAVE received your despatch No. 431 of the 30th ultimo, forwarding a copy of the report of His Majesty's consul-general at Shanghai upon his visit to Anking to investigate the circumstances of the seizure and burning of seven chests of Indian opium at that port, and a copy of a note addressed by you to the Wai-chiao Pu demanding compensation for the value of the opium destroyed and the publication throughout the province of Anhui of a proclamation explaining the opium agreement of 1911, in accordance with the terms of the Wai-wu Pu's telegram to the provinces of the 15th June of that year.
I
approve the terms of your note to the Wai-chiao Pu, and I request that you will express to Sir E. Fraser my thanks for his report and my entire satisfaction at the manner in which he conducted his enquiry.
I am, &c.
[2715 y-1]
E. GREY.
418
Jed