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F 409/244/87.

CONFIDENTIAL.

sir,

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no5

FOREIGN OFFICE,

S.W.1.

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3rd February, 1928.

I am directed by secretary Sir Austen

Chamberlain to refer to Foreign Office letter No. P 244/

244/87 of January 24th, regarding the leakage of opium

from Indo-China, and to transmit herewith a copy of a

despatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Paris reporting

the attitude of the French authorities towards the

question. I am to invite attention, in particular, to the

confidential character of the information contained in

paragraph 3 of that despatch.

2. Sir Austen Chamberlain will be glad to receive

any observations the Secretary of State for the Colonies

may care to make on the proposal for co-operation between

the local authorities in Indo-China and Hongkong, outlined

in paragraph 5.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial office.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,