CO129-571-18 League of Nations- medical aid for China and reduced cable rates 8-2-1938 - 30-1-1939 — Page 116

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. F 2047/120/10

and address-

not to any person by name

but to-

"The Under-Secretary of State,”

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.I.

(2+1)

Copy &efenallito major Colls

sir,

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

25th February, 1938.

24.

With reference to Colonial Office letter

U No. 53863/37, of the 13th January last, I am directed

by Viscount Halifax to transmit herewith, for the

information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies,

a copy of a letter from the Acting Secretary-General of

the League of Nations on the subject of facilities for

the entry into and the re-export from Hong Kong of a

further shipment of narcotic drugs for the needs of the

Epidemic Commission.

2.

Lord Halifax would be grateful if the necessary

facilities could be granted by the Government of Hong

Kong.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Viv. Seda

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