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9. Canuary

In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No.

and address-

2327/14.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

London.

C.C.

959

-776 JÁN 14,

عب

Jelle

FOREIGN OFFICE

January 2

19

1914.

Sir: -

of the 14th instant 7.0.

With reference to your letter/No.771/1914, regarding

the proposal to effect an agreement with the French

Government concerning the Opium traffic of Kwangchauwan,

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to

you herewith copy of a letter from the India Office,

1

suggesting that an arrangement might be made with the

French Government by which the desired results might be

achieved without resort to the more cumbersome process

of drawing up a formal treaty.

Sir E. Grey is inclined to favour the alternative

proposed by the India Office and, subject to the con-

currence of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, he will instruct

His Majesty's Ambassador in Paris on the lines suggest-

ed by that Department.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Wangtan