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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL,
[53957]
No. 1.
[December 20.]
SECTION 1,
Sir,
Foreign Office to Colonial Office.
Foreign Office, December 20, 1912. WITH reference to your letter of the 12th December last, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transinit herewith, for the information of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon enclosing a copy of the official reply of the Portuguese Government on the subject of the opium traffic at Macao.
In compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 20th October last, His Majesty's Minister at Mexico was instructed by telegram to endeavour to ascertain what the Mexican Government considered to be the legitimate requirements of Mexico. A telegram has just been received from Mr. Stronge stating that the Mexican Government have promised to give him the desired information as soon as possible, and it will be forwarded to your department as soon as it is received.
Meanwhile Sir E. Grey proposes to defer his reply to the Portuguese Government.
I am, &c.
W. LANGLEY.
Sir A. Hardinge, No. 157, December 7, 1912.
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