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FROM
4 1928
Si 12. Delevigne £0.
FOR CIRCULATION
Mr. Collins (to see pr
retion).
Mr.
Asst. U.S. of S.
Perm2 U-S/of S.
Parla U$. of S.
Secretary of State.
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7495
HONG
KONG.
DATE
8th Feb.
SUBJECT
502
C.O.
心
L
.7154
IS FEB 24
from the
e z
Regulations for the control
in Opin from Traffic Persian Eulf.
Suggests
A
Co&to
between HO
conference to determine poking.
MINUTES
I spoke to you about this and had
hoped to discuss it wita lir. Collins before
I go to the Conference tomorrow. Mr. Collins is, however, away ill with influenza,
and I should like your authority for the
line I am to take.
October
The scheme is very concisely summarised in the marked passage in Sir Malcolm Delevingne's letter of the 10th of Dee,
(flagged)
The C.0. views on the scheme up to the present may be sumarised as follows:-
A. The interest of the C.0. in the
scheme is due to :-
(1) Namazee is a Hong Kong merchant. (2) His ships (which are used to carry this opium are
are on the Hong Kong Register and
are practically the only ships engaged in the
traffic.
No (367578) WL. 20112/36 Gp. 140 80,000 11-22 W & 8 Ltd.
(3) In the past it has been the
practice