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of State for the Colonies that it is proposed to publish

as soon as possible a Parliamentary White Paper on the

subject of Opium cultivation in China; for this reason

I am to request an immediate answer as to whether Mr.

Secretary Churchill concurs in the terms of the proposed

reply to the Chinese Minister, in order that his memorandum

and the answer thereto may be included, should time

permit, in the correspondence to be published.

5.

Copies of this letter and its enclosure are being

forwarded to the India Office, Home Office and Board of

Trade.

I am,

sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

hicles to Karfre