CO129-510-8 Policy on sale of Opium 12-1-1928 - 24-7-1928 — Page 26

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HONG KONG.

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Mr. Caine.

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Bottomley. Sir

-Mr. E. J. Harding.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle, ↳

Sir C. Davis.

XSir S Wilson.

Mr. Ormsby-Gore.

Lord Lovat.

Mr. Amery.

5.4.28.

Sir,

Downing Street,

12 April, 1928.

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HONG KONG.

SECRET. (2)

GOV. CLEMENTI.

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COLOM

I have &c. to acknowledge

the receipt of your Secret de spat ch

of the 12th of January on the subject

(2)or

of the opium policy of the Hong

Kong Government.

2. I note your views, but as

I have already explained in previous

telegraphic correspondence it is

not possible to re-consider the

decision as to the purchase of

Persian opium which was taken last

autumn. I would, however, remind

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you that that decision only related

2 drafts.

to the purchase of Persian opium

for the special purpose of meeting

the demand for Government opium

created