CO129-502-9 Opium traffic- activities of Nemazee family 1-12-1926 - 27-10-1927 — Page 98

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a passport until he is proved guilty;

and since there is no evidence that he

is guilty; we suggest that there is no

real reason for holding up this

question till the Committee of

Miri sters has met.

8.

In this connection, I may

mention that there is in our papers a

decision by our Secretary of State under

date 3/8/26, in favour of no

restriction on Nemazee's movements for

the purposes of legitimate trade.

Action was deferred (vide C.0. secret

despatch of the 9th of August) at Sir

Malcolm Delevingne's request, in order

to give him another opportunity (on Sir

John Anderson's return from leave) to

Convert attempt to connect the C.0. to his

views.

10. The position therefore is that

a direction by our Secretary of State

has not yet been carried out. Sir

M. Delevingne's letter of the 24th of

December