R. & S. 2917.
(36924).
Sir:-
INDIA OFFICE,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.,
November 1st, 1906.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.35165 of the 19th October 1906 relative to an enquiry by the American Ambassador as to the view which His Majesty's Government would take of a Joint Investigation of the opium trade and the opium habit in the Far East.
In reply I am to say that Mr. Secretary Morley considers that His Majesty's Government should agree to associate themselves in the proposed enquiry, if the other powers named in your letter are willing to take part in it; and if, as regards China, the enquiry extends to the production of opium in China as well as to the import of foreign opium.
I am to remark that the Colonial Office would seem to be also interested in the matter.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
A. Godley.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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R. & S. 2917.
(36924).
Sir:-
INDIA OFFICE,
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WHITEHALL,
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LONDON, S.W.,
November 1st, 1906.
am directed by the Secretary of State for
India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No.35165 of the 19th October 1906 relative to
an enquiry by the American Ambassador as to the view
which His Majesty's Government would take of a Joint
Investigation of the opium trade and the opium habit
in the Far East.
In reply I am to say that Mr. Secretary Morley
considers that His Majesty's Government should agree
to associate themselves in the proposed enquiry. if
the other powers named in your letter are willing to
take part in it; and if, as regards China, the en-
quiry extends to the production of opium in China as
well as to the import of foreign opium.
I am to remark that the Colonial Office would
seem to be also interested in the matter.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
A. Godley.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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