CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 98

In any further communica-

tion on this subject, please quote

No. 25894/09.

and address →

The Under-Secrotary of State, Foreign Office,

London.

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FOREIGN OFFICE

July 20, 1909.

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Sir: -

I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to

transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of

State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a

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letter from Mr. C.E.Price,M.P., forwarding, on behalf

f

of the Edinburgh Committee for the suppression of the

Indo-Chinese opium traffic a memorial signed by some

1.

Three thousand persons from all parts of Scotland ur-

ging the desirability of bringing that traffic to a

more speedy conclusion than has yet been arranged for.

I am to enclose at the same time the draft reply

which, with the concurrence of Lord Crewe, Sir E.Grey

proposes to return to the memorialists.

It will be noted that the Committee propose to

make public the memorial and the answer.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

In Campbell