Copy.
(F766/194/87)
No. 38.
LISBON,
February 6th, 1928.
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Copy to OAG Hking No.14
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 12 (9427/310/87) or the 10th ultimo relative to
the leakage of Indian opium into the Macau
market, I have the honour to report that I
lost no time in communicating with the Portuguese
Government in the sense desired.
2.
I have now received a Note from the
Minister for Foreign affairs in regard to this
matter of which a translation is enclosed
It
will be observed from this Note that the information
which it was desired to obtain as to what happened
in the past is not procurable, as the enquiry which
was instituted by the Government was dependent for
its success on documentary evidence in the possession
of the concessionaire of the opium monopoly, whose
contract has since been cancelled with a view to the
suppression of the previous abuses.
3.
▲ Régie has now been established in Macau
for the purpose of controlling the traffic in opium
from India with a greater efficiency and it is stated
by Dr. Rodrigues that the Portuguese Government are
now in a position to do all that is required of them.
4. It is further stated that the action taken
by the Portuguese Government in this matter has been
communicatea to the delegates to the League of Nations
Assembly and to the Portuguese representative on the
Opium Advisory Committee.
I have, etc., (Sgd) Lancelot D. Carnegie.
Sir Austen Chamberlain, K.G., M.P.,
The Right Hon:
etc.,
etc., etc.,