CO129-502-10 Macao opium traffic 6-12-1926 - 7-12-1927 — Page 57

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29 August, 1927.

I enclose copy of the reply from

Hong Kong to our telegram of the 19th of

August about the opium situation in Macao,

and of the Governor's Confidential

despatch of the 22nd of July which has now

been received.

The telegram throws an entirely new

light on the situation. If it is true

that Macao can only maintain its opium

revenue by selling a mixture of Indian

and Persian opium, it is clear that the

granting of further small supplies of

Indian opium from Hong Kong could only have

a temporarily palliative effect. Unless

India would consent to renew its supplies,

Macao would be in precisely the same

position when the further small supplies

from Hong Kong were again exhausted.

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