[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
C.O.
28370
RECEIVED JULY 19 08
SECTION 2.
[23084]
No. 1.
Foreign Office to India Office.
Sir,
Foreign Office, July 18, 1908.
I AM directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd ultimo communicating the views of the Secretary of State for India in Council on the suggestions of the United States' Government as to the constitution, scope, procedure, and time and place of meeting of the proposed International Opium Commission at Shanghae.
Sir E. Grey concurs generally in the observations and proposals contained in your letter, and considers that the reply to the United States Government should be on the lines of your letter under reply; but before expressing any final opinion he is consulting the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whose views, as will be seen from the inclosed copy of a letter from the Colonial Office, do not appear inconsistent with the proposed action.
With regard to the last paragraph of your letter, Sir E. Grey concurs in the proposal that there should be three Delegates—one to represent India, another to represent the Crown Colonies, and a third appointed by the Foreign Office from among His Majesty's officers serving in China; and he has nominated as representative of this Department Sir Alexander Hosie, His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu, at present acting as Commercial Attaché to His Majesty's Legation in China. Sir Edward Grey will be glad to learn in due course, for communication to the Government of the United States, the name of the Delegate whom it is proposed to nominate as representative of India.
As regards the question of cost, it is presumed that the Government of India will defray the expenses of their Delegate as in the cases of the Arms Traffic Conference and the Sugar Commission at Brussels.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
F. A. CAMPBELL.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
C.O.
28370
RECEJULY 196 08
SECTION 2.
[23084]
No. 1.
Foreign Office to India Office.
Sir,
Foreign Office, July 18, 1908. I AM directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd ultimo communicating the views of the Secretary of State for India in Council on the suggestions of the United States' Government as to the constitution, scope, procedure, and time and place of meeting of the proposed Inter- national Opium Commission at Shanghae.
Sir E. Grey concurs generally in the observations and proposals contained in your letter, and considers that the reply to the United States Government should be on the lines of your letter under reply; but before expressing any final opinion he is consulting the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whose views, as will be seen from the inclosed copy of a letter from the Colonial Office, do not appear inconsistent with the proposed action.
With regard to the last paragraph of your letter, Sir E. Grey concurs in the proposal that there should be three Delegates-one to represent India, another to represent the Crown Colonies, and a third appointed by the Foreign Office from among His Majesty's officers serving in China; and he has nominated as representa- tive of this Department Sir Alexander Hosic, His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu, at present acting as Commercial Attaché to His Majesty's Legation in China. Sir Edward Grey will be glad to learn in due course, for communication to the Government of the United States, the name of the Delegate whom it is proposed to nominate as representative of India.
As regards the question of cost, it is presumed that the Government of India will defray the expenses of their Delegate as in the cases of the Arms Traffic Conference and the Sugar Commission at Brussels.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
F. A. CAMPBELL.
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