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prepared opium is concerned (premblo) co well as narcoties.
According to the Some of the terms were rather too vzspo. American proposal, the quantity of raw opium to be exported by each opium producing country was to be fixed; thereby all competition would be supɔrossod and the various conatrics would not be free to buy rav opium for preparation purpo sos where they wanted to; this would be unacceptable because of tho
It was preference givon to tho opium of certain countries.
also thought of little value to forhid export from other countries than those mentioned in the new arrangement as this WCB & mocsure which could not be enforced.
Article 2 and 4
of the American draft convention only mentioned coca 102703 und not crude cocaine; noither did they take into consideration the difference of morphine and cocaine contents in the rew materials, In the annex to article 4, the Netherlands are omitted in the Het of countries allowed to manufacture
It has not olear how srtiale 4 morphine, etc., for export, would be enforced with regard to countries which wore not
Pho only weg of dealing with parties to the Convention. countries which did not adhere would be to establish a kin
of boycott. The boycott also seamed to be the donsequence of th enforcement of article 3, and would be unacceptable for
several countries.
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Article 5 was thought to bo/undesirable
extension of the terms of the Convention of 1912, which would provent the export of harmless derivatives of the raw materials in question from other countries than those which were manu- The American schemo finally facturing cocaine and morphine. would result in an extension of official interference with trade; it would make it necessary to appoint a great many
it would incur excessive now Government of Meicls;
expenses involved in the supervision of the traffio, and it