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URGENT.

MEMORANDUM.

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As the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are aware, the ob- Jest of the Secom Opium Conference now proceeding at Geneva is

three-fold. It is assembled to consider measures to limit

(1) the manufacture of morphine, heroin, cocaine, sto; (2) the amounts of raw opium and coom leaf to be in-

ported for manufacture and for medicinal and scien-

tific purposes, and

(3)

the production of raw opium and coca leaf for export to the amour.t required for medicinal and scientific purposes.

The American Delegation to this Conference have submit- ted a body of proposals. The British Delegate is of the opinion that two of these proposals are outside the scope of the Conference.

The proposals in question are

(1) that the contracting parties shall control the production and distribution of rax opium so that there will be no surplus avail- able for purposes not strictly medical or scientific; and

(2) that the contracting parties in whose territories the use of

prepared opium is temporarily permitted shall agree to reduce in- portation by 10% each year so as to bring the use of opium to an end within ten years.

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