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R. & S. 1813.

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Immediate.

INDIA OFFICE,

WHITEHALL,

LONDON, S.W.

27th. May 1913.

Sir: -

I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in

Council to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.23552,

of the 24th. May on the subject of the Macao opium

agreement, and in reply to inform you that His Lordship

sees objections to concluding the agreement for definite

periods of five years, as the power of increasing the opium

import, given in certain conditions by articles 5 and 6,

leaves an element of uncertainty as to the amount of opium │

that will be actually required. His Lordship is, however,

willing that the period of notice should be extended to

twelve months, as suggested in my letter, R. & S.1542, of

the 8th. May 1913,

The Under Secretary of State,

Foreign Office.

!

I have &c.,

!

(Signed)

T.W. Holderness.

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