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Government of India, and they presume that the India Office will deal with this point in their renly.
Gill be jhe Board offer po observations on noints (4), (5), (6) and (7) ¬hich they presume
Points (3) and (8) dealt with by the Colonial Office, relate to matters which fall within the province of the Home Office; and the question whet or the association should be granted permission to communicate copy
So far as the Board are of their lottor to the League of Nations is presumably one for Lord Curzon's decision. concerned, they do not desire to offer any objoɑtion to the proposal.
ith regard to point No. 9, Lord Carson will be aware that the Board are unable to supply oopies of documents constituting the arrangement made with the Governments of the United States, Franco and Japan, as the agre mente between the United Kingdom and the United States of Amerioz and between the Unite: kingdom and france were purely informal, while in the onse of Japan no negotiations took place. The Japanese Government were merely informed that no opium or similar druge would be allowed to be exported to Japan unless the Japanese Home Office in each case gave an undertaking that the consign- ment was required exclusively for legitimate scientific and medicinal purposes and would not be re-exported.
I have the honour to be,
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Sir
Your obedient servant,
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