62752/29.
Downing Street.
in
11 January, 1929.
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Dear Perrins,
Your letter 514096/16 of the 1st of
January about Lloyd's re-ort on the Macao Opium Farm. We thought it desirable to consult Hong Kong by telegram and have received a reply,
of which I enclose a copy.
You will see that
Sir Cecil Clementi does not
consider that the
information should be used except for communication
in strict confidence to the members of the proposed
Opium Commission to the Far East if and when
appointed, and it will therefore not be possible to communicate it to the Advisory Committee.
As, however, I pointed out previously,
the report refers to the period before the Macao Goverment abolished the Opium Farm and is, therefore
not of such immediate practical importance as at
first appears.
Sir Cecil Clementi is convinced
A. D. PERRINS, ESQ.,
that