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ACE RA 28 FLB 23
-FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir,
London, 8.W.1
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February 24th, 1023.
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With reference to Foreign Office letter F 3151/607/ 10 of the 1st November, I am directed by the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs to transmit herewith a copy a
despatch from Sir L. Carnegie, enclosing the reply of the Portuguese Government to his note regarding the supply of
opium to Macao and the conditions under which His Majesty's
Government would be prepared to consider the negotiation of a
new agreement.
2.
It will be observed that Senhor Pereira expres.os
no opinion upon the first of the stipulations required by
His Majesty's Goverment namely, "that Maceo henceforth
obtain the whole of its requirements of opium from India".
A further despatch, of which a copy is enclosed, is therefore
being addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon instructing
hi to request the Portuguese Government to state whether they
are ready to accept this condition. Should they reject it,
it will then become clear that the acao Government intend
to continue their unlimited importation of Persian and
Turkish opium, and to elude the purpose for which His
Hajesty's Goverment have framed these conditions;
but if,
on the other hand, they are prepared to accept it, it might
be possible for His Majesty's Goverment to alte concessions
on other points, notably on the amount of opium allowed to be
imported/
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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