before bought..
the operations of Xacao opiumtemugglers, but
would also advance those objects which the First
Geneva Conference aimed at. I would remind you
in particular of Article & of the agreement made
at that Conference, which reads:- *The Contracting
Fowers undertake to assist one another in their
I was
efforts to suppress the illicit traffic by the
direct exchange of information and views between
the heads of the services concerned”.
convinced that Senhor turbosa, the present Governor
of Macao, really desired to control the opium trade
in sacao; and I, therefore, supported his request
for an annual supply of 120 chests of Indian
opium to sacao, aubject to yearly reduction as in
the case of Hong Kong.
15. The rejection of Senhor Barbosa's appeal
disappointed my hope of co-operation between Hong
Kong and Macao for the suppression of opium
smuggling;
for it left the Government of Macao
free to seek supplies from Persia and China according
to its own calculations of its requirements;
and I fear that before long we shall witness in
Lacao a recrudescence of the old methods of
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Moreover, as you informed me in your
Confidential despatch of the 5th October, 1927"
at the recent meeting of the League of Nations
Opium Advisory Committee, the Portuguese
representatives stated that, "if the Macao Government
were unable to get any Indian opium, and if (as a
result of the decision of the Persian Government to
restrict
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