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BOARD OF TRADE
22588
(CUSTURCIAL DEP-ARTH2 MAY 1914
"WYDYR HOUSE
ITEHALL
490
LONDON
S W
sir,
19th May, 1914.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th Kay
(No. 20564), with its enclosures, on the subject of the
International Opium Convention,
Having regard to the satisfactory character
of the Austro-Hungarian Note the Board concur in Sir
E. Grey's proposal that the Convention should be ratified
by His Majesty's Government as soon as the adherence of
Bermuda has been obtained.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Signed
~LD J. STANLEY,
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