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OPIUM.
REA 19 P.17
[February 23.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
SECTION 1.
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(No. 57.)
(Telegraphic.)
No. 1.
Mr. Balfour to Mr. Alston,
Foreign Office, February 23, 1917.
YOUR telegram No. 82 of 21st February: Opium.
I approve your proposed attitude respecting agreement.
You may assent to joint inspection of six remaining provinces. Reports on inspections must of course be sent here and to India before final
decision is taken as to closing provinces.
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