CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 604

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Japanese Territories (he instanced Kwantung) and that

they never have any difficulties there. The new article

will be a considerable advance on the present position

generally, and I think it will be well to have it in the

A reenent even if it does involve a modification of the

arrangements & Singapore.

The First Opium Conference will not meet again till

the beginning of next week in order to allow time for the

Delegations to communicate with their Goverments.

I am writing in the same sense to Sir John Anderson

and to Waterlow at the Foreign Office. Waterlow and

Grindle (or you) will no doubt consult with Sir John about the matter. Et might be desirable to consult Sir Hubert

Llewellyn Smith on the form of the article. You will

remember that a special provision was inserted inthe

Transit and Maritime Forts Conventions excepting the

traffic in opium and other drugs from the provisions of

those Conventions, but it will be well to see that the

text of the article proposed does not cut across anything

In those Conventions]

I hope to get a reply by telegraph on Friday if

possible.

J.J. Paskin, Esq., M.0.

Yours sincerely,

Malcolm Deleriigre