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now

bly

action at the most Assembly

in Session

to make the

recommendations of the Advisory Committee

ective. I am informed that there is

little doubt that the recommendations of

the Advisory Committee will be accepted by

I am aware of the measures

which have already been taken in

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or the control of the manu-

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the Assembly,

2. In this

evant

it is antici-

pated that the proposed Conference of Powers

with Far East territories, which was recom-

ギ

mended in the second resolution' adopted by

! the Advisory Committee, will take place

probably in the late summer of next year.

For convenience of reference, I

3.

would remind you that the text of Article 6

of the International Opium Convention, 1912,

is as follows:-

suppression of the

"The Contracting Powers shall

take measures for the gradual and effective

the manufacture of,internal

trade in, and use of prepared opium, with

due regard to the varying circumstances

of each country concerned, unless regula-

tions on the subject are already in

xistence."

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DRAFT,

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

MINUTE.

Sir C. Davis, Davis,

Sir Gi Grindle.

Str H. Read.

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Sir J. Masterton Smith.

Mr. Ormaby-Gore.

Duke of Devopshire.

facture, trade in and use of prepared

1

opium, and I desire to take this oppor-

tunity of assuring you of my appreciation

of the effective manner in which these

measures are administered by your Govern-

ment.

I have however to inform you that

the British Representative on the League

of Nations Advisory Committee on Traffic

in Opium has repeatedly expressed to my

officers the view that it is difficult

to defend the continuance, in the

territory of a Power which claims an

effective observance of the Convention

of a system in which ultimately the only

effective checks on the amount of opiun

which may be consumed are (1) the high

price of the commodity,

and (2) the

fluctuations of demand, determined by

the purchasing power of consumers.

5.

It cannot be denied that

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