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Apart from this, even if·xperts from India were limited to fa cuântities required for "legitimate medicinal or scientific ar ones", it will be appreciated that unless other producing bentries - · notably Turkey and Persia - effectively limited exports E the same extent, the object aimed at would not be attained.

It will be within the rescllection of the Board of Trade that ie Majesty's Government have, throughout the discussions which led to the Hague Convention, and subsequently, laid apesial emphasis ka the contention that no results of pratical value could be ✨ined unless all tƐn ountries affected co-operated whole-hearted- in order to suppress the oplus treffis. Kainly on a result of the

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there now appears a reasonable prospeat that the provisions of Fungus Convention will become generally operatÍVO I Gions bawn hitherto been considered suitable and adequate for the kdakı supprennion of the traffic, and in the siroumstances kr. niegu, na at present -dvised, would prefer to await the result of sin opers -ion before weitly abandoning the prinsiples on which 1) Convention is based, and attempting to assure intermtional tion on the more drastic lines nos suggested.

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four obedient Servant,

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Kershaw,