CO129-502-9 Opium traffic- activities of Nemazee family 1-12-1926 - 27-10-1927 — Page 53

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let you know if anything emerges from

the discussions which will be of

assistance to the Company

The immediate object of this

letter, however, is to let you know that

some of the Straits Settlements supplies

were arranged through the Agency of Mr.

M. A. Nemagie of Singapore. You are no

doubt familiar with the reputation of

various branches of the Nemagie family in

Persia and elsewhere in connection with

the illicit traffic in Persian opium,

large quantities of which find their way

to China.

The employment by a British

Colonial Government of a member of a

family with a reputation like this, was

obviously open to serious criticisms which

might be difficult to meet if they should

be brought forward at Geneva, particularly

in view of the prominent part taken by

the British Government not only by taking

steps itself but by endeavouring to

persuade