CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 408

In any further communication on

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F 3093/51/87.

not to any versan by name,

The Under-Secretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S. W, 1.

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52717

A 31 OCT 231

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.V.1.

406

29th October, 1923.

1

sir,

With reference to your letter No.45612/23 of

the 19th instant, regarding the proposed issue of King's

Regulations for the control of the opium traffic between

the Persian Gulf and the Far East, I am directed by the

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you,

herewith, to be laid before the Duke of Devonshire, a

copy of the previous correspondence on this subject with

the Home Office and India Office, and to express regret

that your department had not hitherto been consulted.

2. The Secretary of State would be glad if he could

now be furnished with the observations of the Duke of

Devonshire on the question at His Grace's earliest

convenience,

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

1. Wellesley