CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 463

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[September 1.]

SECTION 1.

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No. 1.

Question asked in the House of Commons, September 1, 1909.

Mr. Laidlaw,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any proposal has been received from the American Government for a conference at The Hague on the opium question; and, if so, what reply has been sent.

Answered by Mr. McKinnon Wood (for Sir Edward Grey.)

The answer is in the negative.

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