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Mr. E. Harding.
Sir C. Strachey.
Sir J. Shucburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
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Sir C. Davis.
Sir S. Wilson.
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Earl of Clarendon.
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F.T.Ashton-Gwatkin, Esq.,
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Foreign Office.
28 MAY 1927 (dit. herewith)
With reference to your letter
of the 18 of March (F 3132/38/87) about
the Hong Kong Nemazee, Sir John Ander-
son was still unwilling to agree to our
telling Hong Kong that they could with-
draw the restrictions on the grant of
travelling facilities until we had
received an assurance from Hong Kong
that they were satisfied that he is no
longer connected with the illicit
traffic in opium. This was still asking
for more that we thought reasonable, but
in reply to a telegram which we sent to
the Governor, Clementi has now said
that he has no ground for suspecting
that Nemazee has resumed his connection
with the illicit traffic in opium. As
a result of this telegram, Sir John
Anderson has agreed no longer to press
the