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OPIUM.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[January 12.]

SECTION 1.

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No. 1.

Sir,

India Office to Foreign Office.—(Received January 12.)

India Office, January 11, 1912.

I AM directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to enclose, for submission to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a telegram from the Government of India enquiring as to the reported resumption of opium cultivation in China, and to ask whether any information on the subject is available in your department.

Enclosure in No. 1.

I am, &c.

FRANCIS C. DRAKE.

Government of India to the Marquess of Crewe.

(Telegraphic.)

January 10, 1912. THE (London) "Times" has reported from Peking recent disturbances in China have led to large resumption of cultivation of opium, particularly in Yunnan and Szechuan. Have you any information on the subject? We have notice of questions

in Council.

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