CO129-405 - Public Offices - 1913 — Page 193

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.")

OPIUM.

CONFIDENTIAL.

(January 23.]

SECTION 1.

No. 1.

Mr. Stronge to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received January 23.)

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(No. 7.)

(Telegraphic.) R.

MY telegram No. 2.

Mexico, January 22, 1913.

Mexican Government states that legal consumption of opium may be approximately estimated at 6,180 kilog. annually.

Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me this may be taken as the annual requirement of Mexico.

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