CO129-502-9 Opium traffic- activities of Nemazee family 1-12-1926 - 27-10-1927 — Page 65

MONY.

No.30.

(11332/38/87)

CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

FOREIGN OFFICE, S.V.1.

21st February, 1927.

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I transmit herewith, for your confidential

information, copies of a correspondence between

Sir M. Delevingue, Prince Charoon, and a member of this

department regarding the employment by the Siamese

Government of M.A. Nemazee of Singapore as their

agent for the purchase of Persian opium.

2.

In response to the request made in the last

paragraph of Prince Charoon's letter I transmit the

enclosed memorandum for confidential communication

to the Siamese Government.

3. While the object of His Majesty's Government

is, of course, to dissuade the Siamese Government from

employing as their agents persons who are suspected of

illicit dealings in opium, it hardly seems necessary to

emphasize the need to maintain in the present case a

strict reserve in the matter of M.A. Hemazee's past and

present activities; it is for this reason that the

contents of the present memorandum have been confined

to an account of the 1922 episode.

I am etc.,

(sa) GEORGE UNSEY.

(For the Secretary of State).

Sydney P. Waterlow, Esq., C.B.E.,

etc.,

etc.,

etc..

Bangkok.