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WHITEHALL, S.W.

1st May 1911.

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R. & S. 1092.

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INDIA OFFICE,

Sir:-

I am directed by the Secretary of State for

India in Council to acknowledge the receipt of Sir

Francis Campbell's letter No. 15318 of the 26th

April, enclosing a copy of the Netherlands Minister's

note of the 22nd April regarding the proposed Inter-

national Opium Conference, and to say in reply that

Lord Morley accepts the view expressed in Sir E.

Grey's letter to Baron Gericke of the 31st January

last, that it is undesirable to convene a conference

until the participating Powers are agreed in princi-

ple as to the necessity for placing effective restric-

tions on the manufacture, sale and distribution of

morphia and cocaine. Lord Morley considers that the

enquiry made by the Netherlands Minister, as to whether

The Under Secretary of State.

Foreign Office.

the