CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923 — Page 405

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Mr.

Mr.

MINUTE.

Mr. Davis.

Sir G. Grindle,

Sir H. Read.

Sir J. Masterton Smith,

Mr. Ormsby-Gore.

Duke of Devonshire.

To

Committee, the appointment of

which I have suggested, will

examine the question with care

and without prejudice.

As you are no doubt

aware opium smokers are already

registered and licenced in various

an aat

Territories in the FE,,notably

in the

xyethal ands

and I would

suggest that the system in opera-

tion there should be carefully

studied. I realize that the

wherlands

conditions in the NE

are

not altogether comparable to

those in Malaya, but they are

probably not so dissimilar that

the experience of the NE

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Govt

will not be of considerable value

commun to your Gová,

I regret that I have not hitherto

been successful in obtaining

further copies of the Memo, which

was

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