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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF PROHIBITION
WASHING TON.
April 11, 1930.
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Sir Malcolm Delevingne, K.C.B.,
Home Office, Whitehall,
London,
England.
My dear Sir Malcolm,
I have to refer to your interesting letter of December
3, 1929, relative to the smoking opium seized on the SS IXION
at Seattle last June, in which you suggest that it might be of
advantage for American Customs authorities on the Pacific Coast,
when they receive information from their agents or otherwise
of forthcoming attempts to smuggle opium, to telegraph the
information confidentially to the Superintendent of Imports
and Exports at Hongkong.
We have just established a Pacific Division which includes
the area west of the Rocky Mountains and covers our entire
coast line on the Pacific Ocean. This Division also includes
the Hawaiian Islands. All information and reports are being
routed through lir. Harry D. Smith, Supervising Narcotic agent,
310, Grant Building, San Francisco, California. I have
instructed him to arrange code telegraphic communication with
your superintendent of Imports and Exports at Hongkong when he
receives information of attempts to smuggle opium from the
Far East.
I would be very grateful if you would have your official
at Hongkong communicate with Mr. Smith in the event he obtains
information which might be of value in apprehending persons and
shipments for arrival on the Pacific Coast.
Thank you very much for your kind offer of cooperation.
I am quite sure that the arrangement between our authorities
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