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CHINA TRADE,

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

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(Telegraphic.) P.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.

Foreign Office, September 7, 1907. ŎPIUM trade at Hong Kong, to which reference is made in your telegram No. 159 of the 9th ultimo.

The following telegram has been dispatched to the Governor of Hong Kong :- "Sir J. Jordan will consult you about the proposal for prohibiting the trade in prepared opium between Hong Kong and China, measures to prevent smuggling into its own territories to be taken by each Government, Unless there is some strong objection of which I am not aware, you should agree to this.

"Please address a communication to the Chinese Government, if Lugard agrees when consulted on the subject."

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