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Morphia, therefore, cannot possibly be conveyed
by parcels post from the United Kingdom to Japan
without due authorisation from the Export Licence
Department, unless despatched under some other name,
In August of this year certain facts were
communicated to the Export Licence Department which
tended to show that morphia was indeed being export ed to
Japan under the name of Aspirin or of some other fine
chemical. For a letter from a Japanese firm, Gohel
Iwatsubo, of Kyoto,was produced to the Department by a
London firm in which the suggestion was made that to
avoid the stringent morphia restrictions, morphia should
be invoiced under a "more favourable" name; and the letter
conveyed the impression that this had been done by
other firms. The British firms concerned stated that they
had been making enquiries and that although they had no
definite information, they were under the impression that
morphis was being exported from this country to Japan
under the name of Aspirin and that the greater part of
this traffic was taking place by parcela post.
In the circumstances the Customs authorities were
immediately requested by the Export Licence Department
to arrange for the examination of a number of postal
packets of fine chemicals, e. g. Aspirin, Phenacetin, Phenazone, packed in 5 lb. tins, addressed to Japan,or
Japanese houses in the United States, with a view to
ascertaining whether the contents were actually these
chemicals or morphia. Two consignments of chemicals
analysed, in consequence of this request, by the Government
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