CO129-510-8 Policy on sale of Opium 12-1-1928 - 24-7-1928 — Page 3

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objection

2/ Persia.

In theory the H.0. make nov

to our getting opice from Persia. every

In practice they obstract at

[um.

31. Turkey.

So

бая

this vouce

has not been

་་

Fried.

No doubt we shall be obstructed

When we keen to it.

4). China.

We should have bolte F.V. K

F.U. & H.D. against

us have

R

Ive little use in raising

this

question at present. So long as

any other

available

is

Theore

tically

we should only git-hat

on record

a

Cabinet decision against

buying

Chinese opium.

27. 2. 25 S.G.

Mr. Paskin suggests that it might be

desirable to split this into two despatches

as well

as it may be

know

to let the Home Office

and Foreign Office/what we say in reply to No. 2,

but we do not at present want them to know about

Mr. Lloyd's Memorandum. I therefore submit

drafts of alternative despatches.

I might add here that it is fully

realised that the reply to No. 2 is quite

inadequate simply because I know of no

arguments