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File No. 774/513–514.

Chargé Lorillard to the Secretary of State.

American Legation,
Lisbon, December 19, 1908.
No. 468.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence relative to the International Opium Conference, which is to meet at Shanghai on February 1, 1909, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy and a translation of a note from the foreign office, dated the 16th instant, informing me that the Portuguese Government has appointed its consul general at Shanghai, Mr. Oscar George Potier, as its delegate to the conference, and that he will be assisted by the deputy delegate, Mr. Carlos Assumpção.

I have, etc.,

George Lorillard.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs to Chargé Lorillard.

Foreign Office,
Lisbon, December 16, 1908.

Concerning the subject of your legation’s note of the 12th instant, I have the honor to inform you that His Majesty’s Government has appointed to represent it on the international commission which, on February 1, 1909, is to meet at Shanghai to investigate and propose means to restrict the consumption of opium in the Far East, the consul general of Portugal in that city, Oscar George Potier, who, in the functions of this duty, will be assisted by a deputy delegate, Carlos Assumpção, the chief clerk of the district attorney’s office of Macau.

I avail, etc.,

Wenceslau de Lima.