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League of Tations it is desirable that so far as possible
the arrangement come to with each Government should be recorded in a regular exchange of Notes suitable for nublication. This point is referred to more fully in a
later paragraph.
5. The Japanese Government were informed semi-officially in 1917 of the methods it was proposed to adopt in dealing with applications for export licences, and they intimated subsequently the t they had no objection to the vider arrangement pronosed in my eiro:lur of the 22nd March,
4. Now that the arrangement is being formally extended to other countries, stens will be taken to define more precisely the position with France and Japan, and also with the "nited States of America as soon as the technical dificulties referred to in the case of that country ve
been overcome.
(IT) FORM OF FOTE FOR USE IN AN ECHANGE OF NOTES.
The following form for an exchange of notes hus been drafted to serve as a basis where appropriate and to
secure uniformity:-
"Your Excellency,
"T have the honour to inform you Excellency that
"in urgence of the stems which His Lajesty's
"Government are taking to assist in reventing the "improper consumtion of opium, mornhine, cocaine and
"similar drugs, they have prohibited the expor ta ti or
"from the 'nited Kingdom to all destinations of the
"Aruze specified below, excent under licence.
"cations for the grant of licences for exportation
"to
Appli-
should be accomanied by certificates
"previously iseved under the authority of the Government
to
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