CO129-510-8 Policy on sale of Opium 12-1-1928 - 24-7-1928 — Page 30

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12th January, 1928.

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Sir,

His Majesty's Government has recently

taken two decisions which will seriously affect

the opium problem in southern China, namely:-

(a) that opium shall not be bought by the

British Government from the

ersian Government

for the long tong Government's Opium Monopoly:

see the correspondence ending with your telegram of the 17th Fecember, 1927: and

(L) that Indian opium shall not be sold by

the british Government to the Fortuguese Government

for the Lacao Government's 0,ium Monopol,:

AAS

the correspondence anaing with your Confidential

+ despatch of the 17th October, 1927.

It is very important that the nature of

the consequences whien will flow from thest

decisions should be clearly realized, for their

effect can only be, I fear, to defeat the objects

which the League of Nations aims at in regard to

the opium traffic, that is to say, its control

with a view to eventual suppression.

The Right Honourable

Lieutenant Gulonel

etc..

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