CO129-464 - Public Offices - 1920 — Page 573

(1469/17/10).

No.1295

Netherland Legation,

561

London, 12th July 1920

My Lord,

I

In comexion with the enquiry made by the British

Minister at The Hague on January 31 last whether the

Netherland Government would be prepared to enter into an arrangement for the control of the export of morphia and kindred drugs from Great Britain' to the Netherlands,

have the honour to request your Lordship, in accordance

with instructions received, to be good enough to let me

know what is the attitude taken up by the British

Government with regard to article 295 of the Treaty of

Versailles, i.e. whether the British Government consider

themselves bound by the Opium-Convention direct by the

ratification of the said Treaty or whether they first

await the notification meant in the third paragraph of

the article in question.

I should feel very grateful if I could receive a reply within a short delay and have the honour to remain with the highest consideration

My Lord etc.,

(Signed)J. F.Michiels van Vardynen

la Excellency

the Earl Curzon of Kedleston

etc. etc.,

etc.