Ambassador Reid to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
London, November 27,
1906.
No. 291.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 297, of
September 27 (file 774), and No. 319, of October 13 (file 774–776), and
to my dispatch No. 283, of November 8, concerning the invitation by the
United States to the Chinese Government to join it, together with Great
Britain, France, Holland, and Japan, in a common investigation of the
opium question, I have the honor to inform you that His Majesty’s
Government are willing to take part in such an inquiry if the
above-mentioned powers are likewise willing to participate, and if, as
regards China, the inquiry extends to the production of opium in China
as well as to the import of foreign opium.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Sir E. Grey to
Ambassador Reid.
Foreign Office,
November 22, 1906.
No. 38400.]
Your Excellency: On the 17th ultimo you
informed me that you had received instructions to inquire what view
His Majesty’s Government would take of a joint commission or a joint
investigation of the opium trade and the opium habit in the Far
East, to be undertaken by the United States, Great Britain, France,
the Netherlands, Germany, China, and Japan.
I have now the honor to inform you that His Majesty’s Government are
willing to take part in such an inquiry if the other powers named by
your excellency are likewise willing to participate, and if, as
regards China, the inquiry extends to the production of opium in
China as well as to the import of foreign opium.
I have, etc.,
