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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
[December 22.]
SECTION 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received December 22.)
Peking, December 22, 1912.
(No. 266.) (Telegraphic.) R. OPIUM. Wai-chiao Pu have officially requested me to place provinces of Chih-li, Shantung, Kwangsi, Hunan, and Anhui on prohibition list, on the ground that reports received from governors prove that they have complied with article 3 of 1911 agreement.
I propose to reply that evidence in my possession does not confirm reports of the governors as regards several of these provinces; that it is [group undecypherable: impossible to investigate conditions before March or April, when the poppy is in flower; but that we are willing and even anxious to hold investigation at the earliest possible moment, provided that provincial authorities generally are made to respect other provisions of agreement.
Do you approve?
(Sent to India.)
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