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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL,
[78816]
No. 1.
23745
24 AY 15[December 15.]
SECTION 1.
448
Sir,
Foreign Office to Board of Trade.*
Foreign Office, December 15, 1914. WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 10th instant, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit herewith copy of a note from the Netherlands Minister, forwarding copy of the final protocol of the 3rd International Opiumi Conference, and drawing the attention of His Majesty's Government to the fact that, in accordance with the opinions expressed by the Conference, a protocol has been opened at The Hague to receive the signatures of those Powers who intend to put the Convention into force without waiting for ratification by all the signatory Powers.
Sir E. Grey has informed M. van Swinderen that His Majesty's Government have taken note of this arrangement, but, subject to the concurrence of the Board of Trade, he does not propose to take any further action in the matter.
A similar letter has been addressed to the India Office, Colonial Office, and Home Office.
I am, &c.
W. LANGLEY.
* Also to India Office, Colonial Office, and Home Office, mutatis mutandis.
Dutch Minister, December 3, 1914.
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