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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government]
OPIUM.
-CONFIDENTIAL
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No. 1.
[December 18.]
SECTION 1.
(No. 203.)
(Telegraphic.)
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
Foreign Office, December 18, 1912. YOUR telegram No. 237 of 13th December: Opium.
Before considering action on your telegram I should like to know whether native as well as Indian opium is effectively prohibited in these provinces. If the Chinese have really stopped consumption the case is very different from what it would be if their illegal prohibition was accompanied by increased consumption of the native drug.
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