CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 513

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FROM

4 1928

Si 12. Delevigne £0.

FOR CIRCULATION

Mr. Collins (to see pr

retion).

Mr.

Asst. U.S. of S.

Perm2 U-S/of S.

Parla U$. of S.

Secretary of State.

Previous Paper

Jov

23

142324

To Mer Rt. Newton (70) 5/0

28 april Exc

Subsequent Paper

70

7495

HONG

KONG.

DATE

8th Feb.

SUBJECT

502

C.O.

心

L

.7154

IS FEB 24

from the

e z

Regulations for the control

in Opin from Traffic Persian Eulf.

Suggests

A

Co&to

between HO

conference to determine poking.

MINUTES

I spoke to you about this and had

hoped to discuss it wita lir. Collins before

I go to the Conference tomorrow. Mr. Collins is, however, away ill with influenza,

and I should like your authority for the

line I am to take.

October

The scheme is very concisely summarised in the marked passage in Sir Malcolm Delevingne's letter of the 10th of Dee,

(flagged)

The C.0. views on the scheme up to the present may be sumarised as follows:-

A. The interest of the C.0. in the

scheme is due to :-

(1) Namazee is a Hong Kong merchant. (2) His ships (which are used to carry this opium are

are on the Hong Kong Register and

are practically the only ships engaged in the

traffic.

No (367578) WL. 20112/36 Gp. 140 80,000 11-22 W & 8 Ltd.

(3) In the past it has been the

practice