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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[December 19.]
SECTION 3.
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No. 1.
Question asked in the House of Commons, December 19, 1912.
Mr. King,-To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has information concerning a large quantity of opium accumulated at Shanghai contrary to the Anglo-Chinese agreement of 1911; and whether China has been warned by the British Minister that the terms of the agreement must be observed.
Answer by Mr. Aeland (for Sir E. Grey),
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has asked me to say that he hopes the House will excuse his absence to-day, as he usually is present on Thursday, but he is engaged on special business. The answer to both questions is in the affirmative.
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