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HONG KONG.
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Mr. Caine.
Caine.4/4
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Bottomley. Sir
-Mr. E. J. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle, ↳
Sir C. Davis.
XSir S Wilson.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amery.
5.4.28.
Sir,
Downing Street,
12 April, 1928.
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HONG KONG.
SECRET. (2)
GOV. CLEMENTI.
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I have &c. to acknowledge
the receipt of your Secret de spat ch
of the 12th of January on the subject
(2)or
of the opium policy of the Hong
Kong Government.
2. I note your views, but as
I have already explained in previous
telegraphic correspondence it is
not possible to re-consider the
decision as to the purchase of
Persian opium which was taken last
autumn. I would, however, remind
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you that that decision only related
2 drafts.
to the purchase of Persian opium
for the special purpose of meeting
the demand for Government opium
created