CO129-502-9 Opium traffic- activities of Nemazee family 1-12-1926 - 27-10-1927 — Page 7

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of French

Indo China),

(Employment of 12. A. Namazie

the Goul: of

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In this case again, I should have

thought that it would have been more polite

if the Home Office had consulted the Colonial

Office before suggesting this action.

In

particular the last sentence of their letter

of 12/7 is rather sweeping. The only

"instructions" ere those given to the Straits

Settlements Government last year. We have

said nothing to North Borneo or Sarawak.

I have had it in mind for some time,

but have deferred making any suggestion in

view of the fact that we had hoped, before

this, to settle the question of the procedure

by which the Straits Settlements Government

is to obtain its supplies of Persian opium in

the future.

Inter alia, one of the matters to be

considered is whether any scheme of co-opera-

tive purchase is desirable or practicable.

Even if no such scheme should emerge in

The

connection with Siam (from which the suggestion

emanates) or the N.E.I., it might well be

advisable for the British Far Eastern Colonies

and Protectorates to pool their orders.

question of individuals to employ or avoid

could then have been dealt with in the

communications which would have had to be

sent to North Borneo and Sarawak.

In view of this present correspondence,

however, it seems no longer possible to defer

saying something to North Borneo and the N.E.I.

Otherwise, on receipt of the suggest ed

communication