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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
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RECE REG 28 JUL 14
[June 19.]
SECTION 1.
(No. 181.)
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Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
Foreign Office, June 19, 1914.
I HAVE received your despatch No. 167 of the 27th April regarding the state of the opium traffic at Shanghai and the position of the merchants, and I approve the terms of the despatch which you addressed to His Majesty's consul-general on the subject on the same date.
I am, &c.
E. GREY.
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