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[March 25.
SECTION 1.
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No. 1.
Memorandum communicated by the Netherlands Minister, March 25, 1914.
THE Greek Government has informed the Netherlands Government, through the Netherlands Minister at Athens, that it is disposed to sign the International Opium Conference of 1912, with the reserve, however, that it does not assume any obligation as far as the cultivation and preparation of opium goes in the newly acquired provinces of the kingdom.
The Netherlands Government is of opinion that such reserve would considerably diminish the value of the signature, and therefore would particularly appreciate if the British Government could send instructions to its representative at Athens tending to second the pressure which the Netherlands Minister has been charged to bear upon the Hellenic Government in order to have the said reserve withdrawn.
Netherlands Legation, March 25, 1914.
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