CO129-396 - Public Offices - 1912 — Page 294

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OPIUM.

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CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

(No. 169.)

(Telegraphic.) R.

Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.

Foreign Office, October 22, 1912. YOUR telegram Nos. 210 and 220 of 12th and 22nd October: Destruction of opium at Anking.

You can use your discretion as to whether negotiations should take place at Peking or on the spot.

I approve basis for settlement suggested in your telegram No. 208 of 10th October.

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