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case was submitted to the Inspector-General of Customs
for a decision, as there was no other Government authority
in Shanghai from whom to obtain one. Merchant firms, or
drug manufacturers' representatives, cannot import
medicines free of duty, as they are not in a position to
guarantee the use, whether for war relief or other
purposes, to which such medicines will be put.
BRITISH EMBASSY,
PEKING.
10th February, 1938.
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