CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 358

In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No. 33013/11.

and address-

The Under-Secretary of State.

Foreign Office,

London.

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Prat 24 AUG

FOREIGN OFFICE

August 23rd, 1911.

Sir:-

With reference to my letter of the 19th instant

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to

you, to be laid before Mr. Secretary Harcourt, the

accompanying copy of a note from the United States

Ambassador respecting the date of the meeting of the

proposed Opium Conference.

I am to state that Sir E. Grey proposes, subject

to Mr. Harcourt's concurrence, to inform the Nether-

land Minister that if, on learning definitely from

the German, French, Japanese and Portuguese Govern-

ments that they will be able to comply with the pro-

posals of His Majesty's Government before the end of

the year, the Netherland Government desire to re-

consider the view expressed in Baron Gericke's note

of the 15th instant, His Majesty's Government will

themselves be prepared to take part in the Conference

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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