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29 August, 1927.
I enclose copy of the reply from
Hong Kong to our telegram of the 19th of
August about the opium situation in Macao,
and of the Governor's Confidential
despatch of the 22nd of July which has now
been received.
The telegram throws an entirely new
light on the situation. If it is true
that Macao can only maintain its opium
revenue by selling a mixture of Indian
and Persian opium, it is clear that the
granting of further small supplies of
Indian opium from Hong Kong could only have
a temporarily palliative effect. Unless
India would consent to renew its supplies,
Macao would be in precisely the same
position when the further small supplies
from Hong Kong were again exhausted.
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