CO129-522-1 Illicit traffic in Chinese opium 7-12-1929 - 29-10-1930 — Page 64

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

BUREAU OF PROHIBITION

WASHING TON.

April 11, 1930.

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Sir Malcolm Delevingne, K.C.B.,

Home Office, Whitehall,

London,

England.

My dear Sir Malcolm,

I have to refer to your interesting letter of December

3, 1929, relative to the smoking opium seized on the SS IXION

at Seattle last June, in which you suggest that it might be of

advantage for American Customs authorities on the Pacific Coast,

when they receive information from their agents or otherwise

of forthcoming attempts to smuggle opium, to telegraph the

information confidentially to the Superintendent of Imports

and Exports at Hongkong.

We have just established a Pacific Division which includes

the area west of the Rocky Mountains and covers our entire

coast line on the Pacific Ocean. This Division also includes

the Hawaiian Islands. All information and reports are being

routed through lir. Harry D. Smith, Supervising Narcotic agent,

310, Grant Building, San Francisco, California. I have

instructed him to arrange code telegraphic communication with

your superintendent of Imports and Exports at Hongkong when he

receives information of attempts to smuggle opium from the

Far East.

I would be very grateful if you would have your official

at Hongkong communicate with Mr. Smith in the event he obtains

information which might be of value in apprehending persons and

shipments for arrival on the Pacific Coast.

Thank you very much for your kind offer of cooperation.

I am quite sure that the arrangement between our authorities

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