3
objection
2/ Persia.
In theory the H.0. make nov
to our getting opice from Persia. every
In practice they obstract at
[um.
31. Turkey.
So
бая
this vouce
has not been
་་
Fried.
No doubt we shall be obstructed
When we keen to it.
4). China.
We should have bolte F.V. K
F.U. & H.D. against
us have
R
Ive little use in raising
this
question at present. So long as
any other
available
is
Theore
tically
we should only git-hat
on record
a
Cabinet decision against
buying
Chinese opium.
27. 2. 25 S.G.
Mr. Paskin suggests that it might be
desirable to split this into two despatches
as well
as it may be
know
to let the Home Office
and Foreign Office/what we say in reply to No. 2,
but we do not at present want them to know about
Mr. Lloyd's Memorandum. I therefore submit
drafts of alternative despatches.
I might add here that it is fully
realised that the reply to No. 2 is quite
inadequate simply because I know of no
arguments