FROM
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1924
HỒNG KONG
guja 8539
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DATE
22 FEB 24
India Office
21 February
FOR CIRCULATION :—
Mr. Collima
Mr.
Asst. U.S. of S.
Operations of Opium smuggling syndicate
established mit kong
Perm U.S. of S.
Part U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
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At Sir Malcolm Delevingne's direction,
Mr. Perrins of the Home Office came here on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of pressure
being brought to bear on the Indian Govt., to
remedy what Sir Malcolm Delevingne considers
to be a very serious situation as disclosed
by the reports from Hong Kong.
The Home Office consider that the gist
of the Indian Govt., reply is that since Indo-
China appears to be supplementing its supplies from India by large purchases of chinese opium it cannot be contended that the exports of
Indian opium to that country are excessive.
The Home Office regard these arguments ae specious, to put it no stronger. I pointed
out, however, that in paragraph 3 of the/letter from the Govt. of India they state that no
opium is allowed to be exported from Calcutta
until