891.114 Narcotics/57
The Chargé in Persia (Amory) to the
Secretary of State
[Extract]
Teheran, October 9,
1925.
[Received November 12.]
No. 1225
Sir: With reference to the Department’s
instruction No. 409 of July 31, 1925 transmitting a copy of a note from
the British Embassy in Washington (No. 543) of May 22, 1925, in regard
to the diversion from their ostensible port of arrival of opium
shipments leaving Bushire and instructing this Legation to present
certain phases of the question to the Persian government, I have the
honor to enclose herewith a copy of my note to the Persian Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the sense of the Department’s instruction (Enclosure
1) and a translation of the Minister’s reply (Enclosure 2).22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
The American Chargé (Amory) to the, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Hassan
Moshar)
Teheran, September 7,
1925.
No. 29
Excellency: Referring to this Legation’s
communication of Feb. 13, 1925, (No. 136)22 in regard to the control
of the opium traffic from the Persian gulf ports and to Your
Excellency’s replies thereto, No. 20896 [20898] of February 22,22 and No. 1565 of May 6, 1925,22 I have the honor, pursuant
to instructions from my government, to inform Your Excellency that
subsequent to the above exchange of notes my government has received
credible information from certain of its representatives in China
and from other sources that opium shipped from the Persian gulf has
been diverted from its ostensible destination and has been smuggled
into China.
In this connection it may not be inopportune to refer to the efforts
which the Imperial Government and the American Government have made
to assist in the regulation of the world traffic in this drug, and
in keeping it within the limits of legitimate enterprise.
In inviting Your Excellency’s attention to the situation outlined
above, I need hardly point out that my government is actuated by a
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spirit of friendly
cooperation, and in order that the joint efforts of the two
governments may be most effective, has expressed the earnest hope
that Your Excellency will see fit in due course to inform me of such
steps as the Imperial Government may have been able to take, or of
such further steps as it may contemplate taking to control the
export of opium likely to get into contraband channels.
I avail myself [etc.]
