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Eastern colonies: 'Correspondence relating to opium.' Comprises papers relating to...

Catalogue reference: CO 882/11/12

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This record is about the Eastern colonies: 'Correspondence relating to opium.' Comprises papers relating to... dating from 1923-1931 in the series War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 882/11/12
Date
1923-1931
Description

Eastern colonies: 'Correspondence relating to opium.' Comprises papers relating to the 'First' Opium Conference, Geneva, 1924; discussion of opium policy by Interdepartmental Committee, 1926, and Committee of Ministers, 1927; opium policy in Hong Kong; supply of Persian opium; League of Nations Inquiry into control of opium smoking; establishment of the Opium Revenue Replacement Reserve Funds in Malaya; application of Article 6 of Geneva Opium Agreement, 1925, and supply of prepared opium to Sarawak, North Borneo and Hong Kong. (305 pages)

(Continued by Eastern No. 160, which also contains 1931 correspondence.)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Eastern No. 155
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8915460/

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CO 882

War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Confidential Print Eastern

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