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SECTION 1.
Sir,
India Office to Foreign Office.-(Received July 18.)
India Office, July 17, 1913.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India to forward, for the information of Sir Edward Grey, a copy of a telegram received from the Government of India on the 15th July, regarding the Chinese proposal for the reshipment of the opium stocks at Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Enclosure in No. 1.
I am, &c.
FRANCIS C. DRAKE.
(Telegraphic.)
Government of India to the Marquess of Crewe.
July 15, 1913. WE have received a long telegram from opium merchants expressing alarm at Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs' reported reply to Sir J. Rees on(e)? the 8th July, regarding Chinese suggestion to reship opium at Shanghai to India, and protesting against possibility of such proposal receiving serious consideration.
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