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70 JUL 21
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 11th June, 1921.
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Sir,
In continuation of my Confidential despatch
of the 7th March on the subject of seizures of illicit opium, I have the honour to transmit a table showing the amounts seized during the first five months of this year, together with the figures for the corresponding months in
1920.
2.
As almost the whole of this illicit opium originates in China, the figures give weight to the statement in the second paragraph of my previous despatch, which drew attention to the recrudescence on a very large scale of the cultivation of the poppy in China.
3.
A copy of this despatch is being sent to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble servent,
7.2. Stubby
Governor, &c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WINSTON CHURCHILL, M.P.,
&c.
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