CO129-516-5 Policy of Hong Kong government on the purchase and supply of opium 25-2-1929 - 10-5-1929 — Page 8

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without verious opposition.

I would therefore not go further for the moment than staking out our claime

to bug

Persian opicem to make upe

the Indian deficiency.

That, v

Shrink,

is admitted in principle.

What we have

gou to do is to confirm it without Eaising controversy on principle.

6.4.29

L.G.

wn 8.4.29

sind

I spoke to Sir G. Grindle as to what

precisely should be done to assert Hong Kong's claim to a right to purchase Persian Opium when

We agreed that, although it might

necessary.

be useless to pursue the Governor's proposal in its present form, if we tackled the matter in a slightly different manner we might get agreement to the purchase of small quantities of Persian Opium to supplement the Indian supplies. It seems essential, however, that we should first of all have exact information as to the stocks and anticipated supplies of Opium in Hong Kong.

I submit draft telegram for considera-

tion.

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