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HOME OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
23rd July, 1927.
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Sir,
I am directed by Secretary Sir William Joynson-Hicks to
refer to your letter of the 9th instant (E & 0.4783/27), the
Home Office letter to the Foreign Office of the 12th instant,
and the Foreign Office letter No.F.6187/38/87 of the 19th
instant (of which it is understood a copy has been sent to your Department) in regard to dealings in opium by Mr.A.
Nemasee (or Nemazie), and I am to suggest that, if the Earl
of Birkenhead sees no objection, the Government of India should
be invited to communicate direct with the Authorities in Indo-
China in the sense suggested in the second paragraph of the
Home Office letter of the 12th instant to the Foreign Office.
A copy of this letter has been sent to the Foreign
Office.
I am, etc.,
(sd.) Malcolm Delevingne.
The Under-Secretary of State for India,
Economic and Overseas Department,
India Office.