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BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKIJO.
June 30th,
1921.
287
My Lord,
In accordance with the instructions contained in Your Lordship's despatch No,312 of March 23rd I have addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affaire the note of which I have the honour to enclose a copy herein relative to the traffic in
and cultivation of, opim in China,
In this note I have, as Your Lordship will observe,
introduced the formal protest based on the enclosure in your despatch No.219 of February 24th by a comprehensive survey of the situation as revealed by information from His Majesty'a Consular officers, the correspondents of the anti-Opim Association and other trustworthy sources during the last
few months. With the help of the most recent reports it has
been possible to amplify in several respects the information
contained in my despatch to Your Lordship No.238 of May 5th
and the evidence of oultivation covers 12 out of the 21
provinces while there is proof of the existence of traffic in
the drug in several of the remainder,
The Anti Opium Association have recently iɛɛned a
special map of China on which are indicated the areas in
which popy oropa ware grown and opium or morphia sold in the
season of 1919-1920, a copy of which I have the honour to
enclose.
The Right Honourable
The Karl Gargon of Kedleston, K.G., Q.C.B.I.,
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POREIGN OFFICE.