[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
C.O 36672
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
RECO
REG 23 OCT 13
No. 1.
[43518]
[October 9.]
SECTION 2,
(No. 172.) My Lord,
Sir Edward Grey to Viscount Kitchener.
Foreign Office, October 9, 1913.
I TRANSMIT to you herewith copy of a despatch from Sir W. J. Collins and Mr. Max Müller,* delegates of His Majesty's Government at the recent International Opium Conference, in which they urge the importance of securing the adhesion of the Egyptian Government to the International Opium Convention.
A copy of the Convention is enclosed herewith for your consideration, and I request that you will favour me with your observations on the matter at an early date. I desire to add that I am entirely in accord with the views expressed by the delegates in their despatch.
1
am,
&c.
E. GREY.
Delegates to the International Opium Conference, September 20, 1913 (43518).
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