CO129-478 - Public Offices & Others - 1922 — Page 8

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Memorandum

This letter arises out of

correspondence on General papers.

These are required elsewhere at the

moment, so I have made the following

summary of it:-

On 6th July the Acting

Secretary General of the League of

Nations forwarded a resolution by the

Council of the League to the effect (inter alia) that the special attention of the powers having

Treaty relations with China should be

invited to the provisions of Art. 15

of the Opium Convention, wita a view

to the most effective stepspossible being taken to prevent the contraband

Trade in opium and other dangerous

drugs.

On the 3rd August the Home

Office asked to be advised as to the

measures taken to carry out the provisions of Art. 15, and what measures it was proposed to take in order to give effect to the

Resolution.

On the 9th September this Resolution was sent to Straits

Settlements, Hong Kong. Weihaiwei, and British North Borneo Co.,who were asked to reply as at A; (a copy of the despatches is attached) and Home Office were so informed.

Home Office were told that pending the receipt of replies, we

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