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Opium Conference,

Conference, Bangkok,

1931.

PAPERS.

February, 1931—January, 1934.

No. 1.

79

India

55 Foreign Office

Office

12th September (Copy rec. in Colonial Office

14th September)

to

Transmita copy of note from Netherlands Minister enclosing draft declaration and requests that, if Sir S. Hoare sees no objection, it be submitted to Govern- ment of India for their concurrence in its terms

C. 83014/31 [No. 26j.

80

56 Governor, Hong Kong,

No. 445

25th August (Rec. 25th September)

Transmits reports regarding treatment of opium addicte and copy of a note by the Monopoly Analyst regard- ing certain experiments

81

57 Foreign Office to Nether-

lands Minister 6th November (Copy rec. in Colonial Office

Refers to Note in No. 55 and states that H.M. Govern- ment have no objection to the proposed further modifications in declaration

84

8th November)

MR. C. W. ORDE,

58 To Governor, Straits Settle-

menta, Confidential

Acknowledges No. 53 and expresses appreciation of

proposed action

85

14th December

1934

59 Officer Administering the

Government, Settlements, Confidential

Straita

States that registers for chandu smokers will be closed

finally on 31st December, 1934 ...

85

3rd January (Rec. 29th January)

201

INTERDEPARTMENTAL OPIUM COMMITTEE.

REVISED MINUTES OF 12TH MEETING HELD AT THE HOME OFFICE ON THURSDAY,

19TH FEBRUARY, 1931, AT 3.30 P.M.

Present:

SIR MALCOLM DELEVINGNE, Chairman. MR. M. D. PERRINS, Secretary.

MR. C. BRAMWELL,

SIR GILBERT GRINDLE,

SIR JOHN CAMPBELL,

MR. J. A. CALDER,

MR. J. J. PASKIN, and

MR. J. M. MARTIN,

Foreign Office.

Colonial Office.

MR. G. G. DIXON, India Office.

Home Office.

THE Committee met to consider what action was necessary at this stage on the Report to the Council of the Commission of Inquiry into the Control of Opium Smoking in the Far East (Volume 1).

SIR MALCOLM DELEVINGNE asked whether the Committee thought it desirable to give the Colonial Governments a lead when asking for their observations upon the Report. It would be a mistake, he thought, if the Governments were to be encouraged to spread observations over the whole field of policy. They should be instructed to keep their observations to the specific recommendations of the Commission's report.

It was decided to discuss each of the recommendations of the Commission separately, but before doing so the Committee considered what was the earliest time by which the observations of the Colonial Governments could be expected to be received.

MR. DIXON said that Burma had been asked to send their observations so that the Government of India's observations could be at Geneva by the 31st of July as requested by the Council.

SIR J. CAMPBELL thought it was unnecessary to consider the League in the matter. The Council was not in a position to do anything when it got the observations of Governments. The date of the Bangkok Conference was the one which had to be considered.

It was decided to require Colonial Governments to forward their observations to reach London by 1st June. This would give two months in which to seek and obtain a decision from the Cabinet. It was also decided to give the Colonial Governments an opportunity of sending representatives to London to assist in the consideration of the policy to be adopted. These representatives should preferably be those who would accompany the British Delegate at the Conference.

The Committee then proceeded to discuss the recommendations of the Commis- sion seriatim.

Recommendation 1. Necessity for concurrent measures. was not necessary to discuss this.

It was agreed that it

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