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Excellency:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON.
February 24th, 1926.
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Replying to your Embassy's note No. 1103 of
December 30th, 1925, requesting information regarding the
seizure of 443 tins of opium on the Steamship EASTERN
PRINCE in New York on November 23, 1925, the receipt of
which note was acknowledged on January 12, 1926, I have
the honor to inform you that the report of the authorities
to whom your request was referred indicates that the tins are of uniform size and weight, being 4-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches by 1 inch, and weighing 8 ounces gross, with
a tare of 2 ounces for the container.
Two photographs of the labels used on the tins
are enclosed.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of
my highest consideration.
For the Secretary of State:
(SD) Leland Harrison.
His Excellency
The Right Honorable
Sir Esme Howard, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., C.V.O.,
Ambassador of Great Britain.
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