[Com m unicated to th e Council and the M em bers of th e League.] C. 209. M. 152. 1937. x i .

[O.C.S.300 (d).]

Geneva, April 1st, 1937.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC

IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

S U M M A R YOF

ILLICIT T R A N S A C T I O N S

A N D SEIZURES

REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BETWEEN JANUARY 1s t AND MARCH 31 s t , 1937

PART I.

CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD T O WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

No. 448. — Illicit Traffic by Dr. Fritz Müller, Dr. Hubert Rauch and Others, 1927 to 1929.

SeeC.511.M.251.1932.XI T he German Consulate at Geneva reports (F eb ruary 22nd, 1937 t h a t th e Germ an subject, Dr. Diepenhorst, implicated in th is case died on A ugust 15th, 1936. The proceedings against K u r t S m ith of the Tam ara-H andelsgesellschaft, H am burg , have been stopped for the time being, as th is individual has been abroad since 1934.

[O.C.294(A:)], pages 13-15, and C.566.M.277.1932.XI [O.C.294{/)], page 6 .

16443/157.

No. 77. — Seizure at Sofia on December 18th, 1935.

SeeC. 167. M. 103.1936.X I [O.C.S.300], page 27.

22723/387.

O.C.S./Conf. 64(a).

The Representative of Austr ia on the Advisory Com mittee states ( J a n u a ry 4th, 1937) t h a t there is n o t and never has been in Vienna a firm called “ The Isihi E g y p t Co., Kobe In D ecem ber 1929, the Swiss au thorities discovered a widespread drug-smuggling organisation in which Dr. H u b e r t Rauch, of Vernier, Geneva, and Dr. F r i tz Müller- W idem ann , Basle, were im p lica ted . 1 In Dr. Müller’s account-books there was an account also for a so-called firm “ The Isihi E g y p t Co.,

K obe ” , to which 70 kg. of narcotic drugs h ad been delivered in one year. These narcotic drugs were sen t th ro u g h Vienna. N a th a n A ltm an n and Regina Metzendorf, of Vienna, were im plica ted in th e smuggling operations. These narcotic drugs were p robab ly b ough t by the E g y p t ian , Hussein El Neanay, th en residing in Vienna. As can be seen from th e archives of th e V ienna Police H eadquar te rs , th e nam e “ The Isihi E g y p t Co. ” was m erely a pseudonym designed to deceive th e Swiss authorit ies . According to the file in th e In te rn a t io n a l Bureau, V ienna F ederal Police H eadquar te rs , th e individual described as “ Cherler ” w as reported to th e B ureau b y th e Sofia Police H eadquar te rs as Guillermo (Willi) (Wilhelm) Mariano Scherler, b o rn on A ugust 17th, 1905, a t Buczacz (Poland), Spanish national, m erchan t , unmarried, ho lder of passport No. 70, issued on Septem ber 12t.h, 1935, b y th e Spanish L egation at Is tanbu l.

R E S U L T S O F JU D IC IA L P R O C E E D IN G S IN C O N N EC TIO N W IT H S E V E R A L CASES OF IL L IC IT T R A F F IC P R E V IO U S L Y R E P O R T E D .

Reference NameResult

Imprisonment Fine

Egypt.C. 124. M. 77.1937. X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page No. 413.

27,

C. 124. M.77.1937. X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page 27, No. 414.

C. 124. M. 77.1937.X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page 29, No. 418.

C. 124. M. 77.1937. X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page 32, No. 429.

C. 124. M.77.1937.X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page 33, No. 432.

C. 124. M. 77.1927. X I [O.C.S.300(c)], page 33, No. 433.

Abdel H am id ElKelani .........................

Sayed Mohamed Selim . Mohamed Mohamed Ei

R u b y ..............................Ahmed Ibrah im

H am m an ...................M ohamed Ibrah im

Youssef .......................Mohamed Moursi Sakr . Ashour Ashour Amer ..

P e tro Perides . . S arandi Mastori

Elias R am eh

S hounou.........Mohd. G an . . K alo Mansur

Agostinho Anteo

Sayed I b r a h i ..................S h e h a ta .........................

Ali H assan Aref ...........Mohd. Ai Abdel F a t t a h

2 years

I year

6 m onths

£E400

£E60

£E30

By the Greek Consular Court

6 m onths

6 m onths

2 years £E400

B y the British Consular Court A cquitted

6 m onths

1 year £E200

1 See docum ent C.51I.M.251.1932.XI[O.C.294(/t)], pages 13-15, No.448.

S.d.N. 820 (F.) 695 (A.) 6/37. Imp. G rancham p, Annemasse.

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PART II.

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS.

B. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS :

1. R a w O p i u m . 5 . C o c a i n e .2 . P r e p a r e d O p i u m a n d D r o s s . 6 . I n d i a n H e m p D r u g s .3 . M o r p h i n e . 7 . M i s c e l l a n e o u s .4 . H e r o i n .

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTUREOF NARCOTIC DRUGS.

No. 449. — Discovery of a Rudimentary Installation for the Manufacture of Heroin at Sofia, November 25th, 1936. R eports com m unica ted by th e B ulgarian Delegation, Geneva, F e b ru a ry 18th and M arch 3rd, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). A pparatus and utensils for the manufacture of heroin.O.C.S./Conf. 203. _ _ . .. „

1. Persons im plica ted : E schua F r ie d m a n n , 1 alias Ese-hua Mayer26749/387. an d E sh u a Ben M enachem Zion ; .Janko P arachkevoff Dim itroff , 2

form erly a wro rk m an a t th e St. M ladénoff Narcotics F ac to ry ; Todor Nenoff Todoroff, t r a d e r a t Sofia ; T ak v o r Se trak ian , owner of a t a n n e ry in Sofia ; Todor Ivanoff Radeff, m echanic and p rop r ie to r of a m ech an ic ’s w orkshop ; L am bri Kotzeff Lambreff, Sofia ; Nicolas P e tro ff P iperevsky , Sofia ; Boris D im itroff and Detcho H adji Detcheff, Sofia ; Petre Tchoutcheff , P lovd iv ; Meyer Nissim Varon, a t r a d e r a t Sofia ; Mariano, alias Heinrich der .Junge, P rague ; H e rm an n ; J e a n Demison.

3. F r ied m an n arrived a t Sofia from Vienna on N ovem ber 6 th , 1936. He was placed under observation, and was a r res ted a t Sofia s ta t io n ju s t as he was leaving again for Vienna. An exam ina tion of th e correspondence found on h im proved conclusively t h a t he had not succeeded in purchasing any drugs, b u t h ad placed orders for heroin. As a result of further investigations, th e police discovered a small ru d im en ta ry installation for th e m anufactu re of heroin on th e u p p er floor of the ta n n e ry belonging to Setrakian . Police investigations showed th a t Ja n k o D im itroff h ad in 1936 decided to set up a sort of w orkshop for th e m anufac tu re of heroin in con junc tion w ith Todoroff. W ith th is object, th ey had ren ted in Ju n e 1936 p a r t of the u p p er floor of S e t rak ia n ’s tan n e ry , where th e y installed the ap p a ra tu s . The installation was w orking up to th e end of O ctober 1936. I t appears from the s ta tem en ts of Dimitroff and Todoroff t h a t th ey converted ab o u t 70 kg. of op ium and obtained ab o u t 7 kg. of heroin. They did n o t possess th e means necessary to purchase the raw opium themselves and simply converted opium for o ther people. T h ey ap p e a r to have received from 3,500 to 4,000 leva for the p rep a ra t io n of 1 kg. of heroin. Lam breff , P iperevsky, Boris Dimitroff, Detcheff and Tchoutcheff were m en tioned as hav ing delivered raw opium or tak e n delivery of heroin. They a p p e a r to have procured th e ra w op ium in small quan tit ies direct from producers in the Pe tr i tch district. I t has n o t been possible to determ ine exactly w h a t was the destination of the heroin produced. I t seems likely t h a t a large p a r t of i t was lost owing to the inexperience of the m anufac tu re rs . A b o u t 1 kg. of heroin h ad been tak e n by Todoroff and Varon to Paris and sold there . F u r th e r , J a n k o D im itroff and Todoroff travelled to Belgrade and Bucharest, where th ey g o t into to u ch with M ariano, H e rm a n n an d Jea n Demison, b u t i t is no t possible to determine wrh e th e r th e y sold th em an y heroin. B o th traffickers declare t h a t th ey did not export or sell an y drugs, b u t t h a t th ey w en t to Belgrade and B ucharest to m ee t certain in terna tiona l traffickers, w ith a view to se t t ing up a d rug factory on a more am bitious scale a t Sofia, Belgrade or P rague .

4. The ap p a ra tu s and utensils discovered in th e workshop were confiscated and fines were im posed on all the offenders.

No. 450. — Discovery of a Clandestine Heroin Factory at Tientsin on August 5th, 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e Chinese representa tive on the AdvisoryCom m ittee , J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Heroin : 7 kg. 150 grs.O.C.S./Conf.l73. Opium juice : 8 ea r th en vessels.14177/388 Utensils and paraphernalia for manufacturing heroin.

2. Persons im plica ted : Knodo, W a tan ab e Saburo, Sakhashi,M atsumoto, Mukai, Tsunoda, N akajim a , W a tan ab e , M atsum ura, M atsuyam a, all Japanese ;Wang Y ao-tsu . Chinese.

1 See documents C.279.M. 130.1931.XI[O.C.294 (3)], page 21, and G.734.M.339.1931.XI[O.C.294{ft)J, page 7, No. 59.3 See case No. 454 of this document.

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3 . A cting on secret inform ation, the narcotic police, in conjunction w ith th e Japanese police, ra ided a house in 27, Ma Ch’ang Tao, occupied b y the P ing An T ransport ing Co. The above accused were arrested and the heroin, etc., seized. T he Japanese police, claiming tha t m ost of those arres ted were Japanese , n o t only took all the Japanese to the Jap an ese Consulate, b u t also all the evidence relative to the case, w ith the exception of the opium juice, which they spilt dow n the gu tte r . W ang Yao-tsu was b rough t before the Public Safety B ureau for triai. He claim ed t h a t he worked as a cook for Knodo, in th e Japanese Concession, Tientsin. On J u ly 26th , th ey m oved to the P ing An T ransporting Co., where he continued to w ork as a cook and all-round m an . Later, he noticed t h a t there was considerable loading and transporting du ring th e night and he learned th a t th e com pany was a heroin factory . He was occasionally asked by one Li Y u-vung, who seemed to be a liaison agen t w ith the outer world, to lend a hand.

No. 451. — Discovery of a Clandestine Heroin Factory at 41, Tsingtao Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, October 4th, 1935. R eport com m unica ted by the Shanghai Municipal Council, J a n u a ry 14th, 1937.

Reference : 1 (o'!. Heroin: A pprox im ate ly 57 g r a m m e s (2 oz.), in 63 sm alO.C.S./Conf.l71. p a c k e t s .

13103/388 Laboratory equipment.2. Persons im plicated : Tsang K ung Ling, alias Tsang Tsung Sung,

unem ployed cigar m anufac tu re r ; Lee Sai Neu, female, native of Tsangchow.

3. A fire occurred in an upsta irs front room of th e dwelling-house. The fire was extinguished b y the Municipal F ire Brigade before i t had done m uch dam age. On entering th e house, a strong smell of e ther pervaded th e air and broken glasses were found lying on the floor an d on th e ad jacen t verandah . An exam ination of th e room revealed t h a t it, contained various lab o ra to ry utensils similar to those seized in raids on o ther heroin p lan ts previously discovered. The equ ipm ent was poor, b u t there is no doub t t h a t i t w-as used to produce small quan ti t ies of heroin. I t consisted of three white enamel basins, two porcelain kongs, one oil burner, tw o measuring-glasses, one porcelain m o rta r w ith tw o glass pestles, th ree lengths of ru b b e r hose, one sieve, two small filtration flasks and a q u an t i ty of used filter-paper. The chemicals included three tins of alcohol and one bottle of acetic anhydride .

4. B o th occupants are w an ted on a circular order of a rres t for being concerned in the m an u fa c tu re of heroin. The order is on file pending execution.

No. 452. — Discovery of Illicit Manufacture of Narcotics at 28, Yung Chi Li, Weihaiwei Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, November 27th, 1936. R eport com­m unicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, J a n u a ry 14th, 1937.

1(a). Laboratory equipment.

2. Person im plicated : Zung Tsu Zai, medical s tuden t , absconded.

3. A small fire occurred in th e scullery on the ground floor of this dwelling-house. The fire was extinguished by th e inm ates An

ex am in a tio n of th e premises showed th a t two rooms on th e ground floor conta ined various lab o ra to ry equ ipm ent similar to t h a t found in o ther heroin factories previously discovered. The eq u ip m en t and chemicals included two B uchner funnels, one large f i ltration flask, two tin funnels, tw o lengths of rubbe r hose, one measuring-glass, one sieve, two glass tubes with ru b b e r cork a t tach m en ts , one glass pestle, two large glass flasks, and two bottles of acidum aceticum , labelled “ F u k u ju L aborato ry , J a p a n Before his escape, Zung h ad forced open a t ru n k , from which, i t would appear, he ex trac ted some m oney and a small q u a n t i ty of heroin.

4. Z ung is w an ted on a circular order of arrest for m anufac tu ring heroin. The order is on file pend ing execution.

No. 453. — Clandestine Manufacture of Heroin by Mihail Calogridis and Caliopi Nicolaidi, discovered at Istanbul. R eport com m unicated by the Turk ish Minister ofH ealth and Social Welfare, J a n u a ry 28th, 1937.

Reference : ̂ 1(a). Morphine: 9 a m p o u le s o f 0.01 % ea c h .O.C.S./Conf. 1/9. Utensils and ingredients for the manufacture of heroin.

27705/387. 2. Persons im plicated : Mihail Calogridis and Caliopi Nicolaidi.

3. Calogridis, af te r serving a sentence of eighteen m o n th s ’ impri­so n m en t in Greece for illicit traffic in heroin, w en t to Is tanbu l and took a flat a t Taxim , Pera. He lived a t th is address for abou t eight m onths in com pany w ith the wom an Caliopi Nicolaidi. Close w a tc h was k ep t over this couple and a t the first alarm a search of th e a p a r tm e n t was m ade . A hiding-place was discovered carefully concealed in the thickness of the wall, in which th e utensils and ingredients were found. These utensils bore traces of m orphine, b u t the only narcotics t h a t were found on the premises were th e ampoules of m orphine. The c o r r e s p o n ­dence seized, however, showed clearly t h a t the couple were clandestinely sending the hero in th ey m an u fac tu red to the ir correspondent in Greece. A fu r th e r repo rt is aw aited from the Turk ish authorities .

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l71.

13103/388.

B. NEW CASES OF SEIZU RES.

I. R A W O PIU M .

No. 454. — Arrest of Nino Marani (Kleovoulos Vafnadis) between Feldkirch and Buchs, July 21st, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the A ustrian Government, J a n u a r y 20th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 17 kg .O.C.S./Conf. 187. r 6

, „ 2. Persons im plicated : Nino M arani (real name : Kleovoulos27619/387. Vafnadis), Greek.

3. M arani was arres ted in the t ra in betw een Feldkirch and Buchs and th e opium was found in his overcoat and in a double-bottom ed t ru n k . He had a railway ticket from Belgrade to Paris and s ta ted t h a t he had received the opium from a certain Jan k o 1

in Belgrade w ith orders to deliver i t to a Paris ian , whose nam e he did n o t know b u t who would be a t a re s ta u ra n t in th e Cham ps-Elysées in Paris. Marani fu r th e r confessed th a t he had regularly, tw o or th ree times a m on th , smuggled am oun ts in coin, vary ing from 1 0 , 0 0 0 to20,000 French francs, from P aris to Belgrade. The correspondence seized on Marani proves th a t he is connected w ith an u n d e r tak in g which is s i tu a ted in the neighbourhood of Paris and which carries on th e m an u fa c tu re and conversion of drugs. He has in his service several persons, one of w hom is a chem ist who is pa id a fairly high wage, whilst tw o others are named Clovis and Milova. These tw o persons are said to have trave lled betw een Paris and Belgrade for th e purpose of smuggling. A fte r his arrest, Marani wrote a pos tcard to a certain Victor P rospery , 2 of Paris . I t wras only la ter , a f te r receiving th e pho tog raph and fingerprints of Marani, t h a t the Vienna police discovered t h a t he was no o ther th a n Kleovoulos Vafnadis, also known as Kleovoulos V aphiades and A lexandre Pefcopoulos, p ickpocket and smuggler.

4. M arani was sentenced to a fine of 3,332 A ustr ian schillings, or, as an alternative, to eighty-one d ay s ’ im prisonm en t w ith ha rd labour. He was fu r th e r sentenced to th ree weeks’ im prisonm ent w ith hard labour for an offence aga inst p a rag rap h 361 of th e Criminal Code. These tw o sentences were served and M arani was th en expelled from Austria.

No. 455. — Seizures in Hong-Kong during October 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the R epresen ta t ive of th e U n ited K ingdom on the Advisory Committee, J a n u a ry 12th, 1937. The repo rt includes seizures of over 50 taels (1 kg. 889 grs.) only.

Reference : 1(a). R aw opium : 29 kg. 546 grs. (782 taels). 27 kg. 279 grs. wereO.C.S./Conf. 158(1). 0 f Iran ian origin and bore no m ark . 2 kg. 267 grs. were of Chinese 10051/388. origin an d bore th e “ K w ong Tung Pagoda ” m ark .

2. There wrere four Chinese arrested .

3. 11 kg. 335 grs. of I ran ian opium were seized on two river s team ers in the harbour of Victoria ; these steam ers ru n regularly betw een H ong-K ong and Macao. 8 kg. 917 grs. were seized on a sam p an in A berdeen harbour, 4 kg. 307 grs. in a house in th e city of Victoria and 2 kg. 720 grs. on a Macao s team er a t th e w harf on th e person of a passenger who had just arrived from Macao. The Chinese opium was seized on th e s tree t in the city of Victoria on th e person of th e accused.

4. One Chinese was fined 5,000 H ong-K ong dollars or one y e a r ’s im prisonm ent ; one was fined 3,000 dollars or n ine m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent ; one was fined 1,000 dollars or six m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent ; and one, 1 , 0 0 0 dollars or four m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 456. — Seizures in Hong-Kong during November 1936. R eport com m unicated by the R epresen ta t ive of the U n ited K ingdom on the Advisory Committee, F eb ru a ry 10th, 1937. The report, includes seizures of over 50 taels (1 kg. 889 grs.) only.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium: 13 k g . 715 grs . (363 ta e ls ) . 13 kg. 35 grs . w ereO.C.S./Conf. 180. 0 f I r a n i a n o r ig in a n d t h e r e s t of C h in ese o r ig in .

15391/388 Prepared opium : 680 gramm es (18 taels).2. Persons im plicated : In one case, involving 2 kg. 720 grs. of

Iran ian opium , th e Chief Officer on the s.s. Chuen Chow was arrested . The accused in two cases were Chinese and in one case there was no arrest.

3. There were four cases. 6 kg. 348 grs. of I ran ian opium were found on board the s.s. Chak Sa n g in V ictoria h a rb o u r during a routine search of the vessel. 2 kg. 720 grs. were handed over to the au thorit ies by a E uropean , who s ta ted t h a t he had been given the parcel to bring ashore b y th e Chief Officer of th e s.s. Chuen Chow, which is on the regular run between

1 See case No. 449 of this document.8 See case No. 541 of this document.

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H on g -K o n g and Macao. There were 680 gram m es of Red Lion opium in the same parcel. The Chinese op ium and 3 kg. 967 grs. of I ran ian opium were found in two houses in Kowloon.

4. T he Chief Officer on the s.s. Chuen Chow was discharged for lack of evidence againsth im . One Chinese was fined 2,000 H ong-K ong dollars or six m o n th s ’ im prisonm en t ; another w as fined 1,400 dollars or five m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent ; a th i rd was discharged.

No. 457. — Seizure on the Train between Liang W ang Chuang and Tang Kwan Tun Stations of the Tientsin-Pukaw Railway, December 19th, 1936. R ep o rt com­m un ica ted by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on the A dvisory Committee, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Opium: 43 kg. 500 grs. in five big packages and th i r ty small packages.

2. Persons im plicated : Fuk ish im a, a Japanese , an d his wife.

3. On December 19th, betw een Liang W ang C huang and Tang K w an T un s ta tions , th e accused were found in a th ird-class car w ith th ree suit-cases. W hen questioned by th e officials, th ey refused to su b m it to exam ination. The exam ina tion was, however, carried ou t and th e opium found in the suit-cases.

4. T he accused were taken back to T ientsin the same day and tu rn ed over to the T ien ts in Public S afe ty Bureau. The opium was confiscated.

No. 458. — Seizure at North Station, Shanghai, August 6th, 1936. R ep o rt communicated by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on the A dvisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1 (a). Raw opium: 21 kg.

2. Person im plicated : Shima, Japanese .

3. The opium wTas found in six packages, concealed in th e two handbags belonging to Shima, wTho wras in th e Peiping-Shanghai through

tra in which arrived a t Shanghai on A ugust 6 th . The opium was confiscated.

No. 459. — Seizure at Eastern Station, Tientsin, on July 11th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by th e Chinese R epresentative on the A dvisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Opium powder: 12 kg.O.C.S./Conf. 174. o d • v * ^ t i • t2. Person im plicated : lok iw aza , Japanese .14177/388. 3 On J u ly 11th, 1936, a piece of luggage m ark ed No. 00744

arrived a t th e Tientsin E as te rn R ailw ay s ta t io n by rail from Kalgan. In view of its excessive weight, th e ra ilway authorit ies desired to exam ine its contents , but its ow ner m ade some excuse and w ent away. Two days later, nobody having come forward to claim th e luggage in question, th e s ta t ionm aster to ge ther w ith a police officer proceeded to exam ine i ts con ten ts and found th a t i t contained eleven paper parcels of op ium powder. S ubsequen tly , th e Jap an ese Consulate a t K algan sen t an official to th e Chief of Police of the Peip ing-M ukden R ailw ay s ta t in g th a t the luggage and the opium powder belonged to a Jap a n ese n am e d Tokiwaza. He requested t h a t the luggage and the opium pow der be handed over to h im by th e Police Bureau so t h a t he m igh t tak e th em to his Consulate to prove the guilt and o b ta in th e p u n ishm en t of Tokiwaza, who was a lready deta ined a t the Jap an ese Consulate.A fter th e Police B ureau had received an official docum ent from th e Police Bureau of theJap an ese Consulate-General a t T ientsin certifying to th e correctness of th is s ta tem en t, the reques t w as g ran ted and the luggage and opium powder were handed over.

No. 460. — Seizure at the Central Station, Tientsin, August 23rd, 1936. R ep o rt com­m unica ted by th e Chinese Representa tive on the A dvisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Opium: 27 kg., gross weight.

2. Person im plicated : Oikawa, Japanese.

3. A fter th e t ra in No. 301 arrived a t the C entra l S ta tion in T ientsin on A ugust 23rd, Oikawa was seen hurr ied ly en te ring the station

w ith tw o suit-cases. E x am in a t io n revealed six packages of opium weighing 27 kg. He had in his possession a second-class re tu rn t icke t from Tientsin to Tsingtao.

4. H e was first tak e n to the Tientsin Public Safety Bureau for questioning and was later handed over to th e Japanese Consular Police in Tientsin for trial.

No. 461. — Seizure in the International Settlement, Shanghai, October 26th, 1936. R e p o r t com m unica ted b y the Municipal Council, Shanghai, J a n u a ry 14th, 1937.

1(a). Raw opium : 12 kg. 269 grs. (432 oz.). Chinese origin, p robab ly Szechuan. W rapped in white paper which bore no identifica­tion marks.

Reference : O .C .S ./Conf.l71.

13103/388.

Reference : O .C .S ./C onf.174.

14177/388.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.218.

14177/388.

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2. Persons im p lica ted : Tseu Y eu Ling, of Chingkiang, and Tseu Siao Hai, of Tung- chow ; b o th Chinese.

3. B o th th e accused were arres ted th e sam e d a y on the Sinza Road, while transporting the op ium in a motor-car.

4. T hey were each sentenced to tw o years and six m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent and deprived of civil rights for two years.

No. 462. — Seizure in the International Settlement, Shanghai, December 8 th , 1936. Reportcom m unica ted b y the Shanghai Municipal Council, J a n u a r y 14th, 1937.

r w ^ / r ® f 1 7 i 1(q). Raw opium : 2 kg. 45 grs. (72 oz.). In one package bearingO .C .S ./C onf.lv l. four chops w ith following inscriptions : (a) Y unnan , Y u n g Kee,13103/388. b e s t q u a li ty ; (b) E x am in ed b y t h e M unicipality of Greater Shanghai ;

(c) T ax certificate of the A nti-O pium Association of the Y unnan Province ; (d) Zung Y ah Kee, op ium H ong, N an tao . The opium was of Y unnan origin.

2. Person im plicated : W ong K u n g Ling, na t ive of Changchow.

3. W ong was arres ted on A venue E d w a rd V II b y a police search p ar ty , while riding in a tram car w ith th e opium in his possession. H e s ta ted t h a t he had b o ugh t it a t an Opium Monopoly hong, Zung Y ah Kee, N an tao , Chinese te rr i to ry , for 180 dollars.

4. W ong was sen tenced to te n m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 463. — Drugs seized in Cuba and destroyed in Havana in August and December 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of Cuba, Septem ber 23rd and D ecem ber 29th, 1936.

1(a). Opium : 13 kg. 212 grs. ; 40 cakes ; 16 packets ; 16 flasksof liquid opium an d 33 screws of p ap e r conta in ing opium.

Morphine : 854 g ram m es ; 43 am poules ; 2 packets ;11 envelopes ; 1 tu b e of tab le ts ; 10 tab le ts ; 139 screws of paper

containing m orphine.Heroin : % gram m e.Cocaine : 196 gram m es ; 58 am poules ; 1 screw of paper

containing cocaine.Marihuana : 2 kg. 809 grs. ; 452 cigars ; 425 cigarettes.

No. 464. — Seizure at Port Said on December 27th, 1936, ex the M/V “ Aramis ” . Reports com m unica ted b y th e Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, J a n u a r y 30 th an d F e b ru a ry 2nd, 1937.

1(a). Raw Opium : 1 kg. 970 grs. In six packets, of which fivewere sealed an d one open. T hey were w rapped in waterproof glossyp ap er an d th en covered in th ick white paper. On th e outside was adesign of a stork , su rrounded b y a circle of Chinese writing. Both the

design and w rit ing were p r in ted in red p r in t ing ink. There were also two seals, oval in shape, done b y ru b b er s tam p in blue ink, bearing Chinese w riting. P ho tographs of the label are in the archives of th e Secretaria t.

T rans la tion of Chinese charac ters on label : A t th e b ack of label : “ For some ten years our firm has b o u g h t medicines from India , Persia, Y u an -N an , Szechuan, etc., to sell them in Shanghai, H ankow , etc. Up to th e present, however, we have only sold th em wholesale. In order t h a t ou r clients m ay have the o p p o r tu n i ty of buying th em retail, we have now established a b ran ch office a t 35, K w a n tu n g S tree t , R ange Road, Shanghai. We would draw the a t te n t io n of ou r clients to th e genuine ch a rac te r of our label, S tork and Pine-Tree.Lao H a Mou, B ranch of Ta Ton H a n ” . On th e label itself : a t the top, Lao H a Mou ; a tthe b o t to m , S to rk an d P ine Tree; a t each corner, charac ters signifying “ F irs t Q ua lity Goods” .

2. Person im plica ted : W ong Lih, Chinese ca rpen te r on board th e Aramis.

3. H av in g received in fo rm ation t h a t th e A ra m is was suspected of hav ing drugs on board,a confidant of th e B ureau proceeded on board to g e th e r w ith a policeman, who acted the p ar t of buyer. I t was agreed to b u y a ce r ta in q u a n t i ty of opium th a t W ong Lih offered for sale. On D ecem ber 27 th , the au thorit ies boarded th e vessel and found W ong Lih in his cabin with the op ium in his hand . A search of the cab in revealed a cleverly concealed p ar ti t io n between two draw ers in a cupboard belonging to th e accused, in which were found 7,610 French francs and £4, all in notes. This sum was seized. The accused was tak e n ashore. The opium seized was of an en tire ly new v a r ie ty and has n o t previously been seen in Egypt. The accused s tated t h a t he had p rocu red i t in Shanghai for 210 F rench francs per packet of approxim ate ly 380 gramm es.

4. W ong Lih was sentenced to one y e a r ’s im prisonm ent and a fine of £E200.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.183.

27714/387.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.167.

1375/388.

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No. 465. — Seizures made at Benthuy-Vinh, Annam, during the Third Quarter, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y th e F rench G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

Reference : l ( a ). Raw opium : 52 kg. 550 grs. No marks.O.C.S./Conf. 178. o ™ , , T , , ,. . c

3. There were th ree cases. In th e first case, b kg. 7d0 grs. of27084/388. opium were seized o n an A nnam ite coolie, m em ber of a colum n which

sca tte red . In the second case, 9 kg. 300 grs. of op ium were seizedaf te r th e y h a d been abandoned in forest co u n try by an unknow n fugitive. In th e th ird case,an A n n am ite m em b er of a column, arres ted in forest coun try , was implicated. 36 kg. 500 grs.of op ium were seized.

4. The offender in the first case is now on trial. The offender in th e las t case was sen tenced to six m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 2,000 francs and damages. The opium was confiscated in all th ree cases.

No. 466. — Seizure made at Cao-Bang, Tonkin, on July 18th, 1936. R eport com m unicated b y th e French G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

1(a). Raw opium : 74 kg. No marks.

3. The seizure was m ade by th e com m unal au thorit ies of Lac-Tho (Cao-Bang). This was a case of a regular gang of several unknown persons t ran sp o r t in g opium in knapsacks and bales, which were dropped

order to stop was given. Confiscation was ordered.

No. 467. — Seizures made at Cao-Bang, Tonkin, in July 1936. R eport com m unica ted by th e F rench G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 5th, 1937.

1(a). Raw opium : 50 kg. No marks.

2. Persons im plicated : U nknow n Chinese fugitives.

3. There were two cases. In one case the opium was being tran sp o r ted on m en ’s backs, and in the o ther was concealed in boots.

m e seizures were m ade by the na tive au thorit ies of the villages of P ho-B ang an d Lungcu on in fo rm a tio n laid. The opium was handed over to the Customs and Monopoly A dm inistration an d its confiscation ordered.

No. 468. — Seizures made at Laoday, Tonkin, during the Third Quarter, 1936. Report com m unica ted by the F ren ch Governm ent, F eb ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 117 kg. No marks.O .C.S./Conf.l78. ' , r

2. Persons im plicated : A group of Chinese fugitives.27084/388. 3 There were three cases. T he opium was being tran sp o r te d by

arm ed Chinese in waistcoats f it ted w ith several pockets, which were left beh ind du ring th e pursu it . The opium was confiscated.

No. 469. — Seizures made at Nhatang, Annam, in August 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by th e French G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 5th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 5 kg. 320 grs. No marks.O.C.S./Conf.l78. ' r , , , L.

2. A C h in ese s m u g g le r u n d e r o b s e r v a t i o n w a s i m p l i c a t e d in th i s27084/388. case.

3. The opium was discovered a t the home of th e accuseddu r in g a search.

4. The accused was sentenced to th ree m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 500 francs and dam ages ; confiscation was ordered.

No. 470. — Seizure at Phulang-Thuong, Tonkin, on August 15th, 1936. R eport com­m unica ted by th e F rench Governm ent, F eb ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

R e fe ren c e : 1(a). Raw opium : 78 kg. 350 grs. No marks.O. C. S. /Conf. 178. r. rT1.

d. ih e re were two cases. In th e first case, a Tonkinese was27084/388. arrested. Two unknow n persons fled, abandon ing th e ir opium bales,

which weighed 34 kg. 350 grs. In th e second case, th e opium wascon ta ined in w ais tcoa ts w ith several pockets, h idden in a cellar and guarded by armedindividuals , who fired on the police officers who discovered th em . Two persons were arrested,however. 44 kg. of op ium were seized, to ge ther w ith three revolvers and some cartridges.

4. In th e first case, the a rres ted Tonkinese was sentenced to one y e a r ’s im prisonm ent, a fine of 1,000 francs and dam ages am o u n tin g to 11,402 piastres. In th e second case, the smugglers were each sentenced to tw o y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 1,600 francs an d damages am o u n t in g to $20,010. In b o th cases, th e op ium was confiscated.

Reference : O .C .S ./Conf.178.

27084/388.

Reference : O .C .S ./C onf.178.

27084/388.

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No. 471. — Seizures made at Saigon, Cochin-China, in September 1938. R eport communicated b y th e F rench G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 5th, 1937.

£ eJ;ece^ e V , ™ !(«)• Concentrated opium : 1 kg . 350 g rs . I n t h r e e u n m a r k e dO.C .b./Cont.l 7». p a c k a g e s .

27084/388. 2. A Chinese baker on board the s.s. Chenonceaux was implicatedin th is case.

3. The op ium was found on board th e vessel as th e resu lt of in form ation laid.

4. The offender was sen tenced to tw e n ty d ay s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 6,110 francs and costs. Confiscation was ordered.

No. 472. — Seizures made at Than-Hoa, Annam, in September 1936. R eport communicated b y th e F ren ch G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 5th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 14 k g . No m a r k s .O.C.S./Conf. 178. T , ,

o. 1 here were two cases. In the first case, th e person implicated27084/388. was a L ao who was t ran sp o r t in g 7 kg. 500 grs. of op ium on a motor-lorry.

In th e second case, an A nnam ite was arres ted while transporting6 kg. 500 grs. of opium .

4. The Lao was sen tenced to four m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 1,000 francs and damages, an d the A nnam ite to four m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 1,000 francs and damages. In bo th cases, th e op ium was confiscated.

No. 473. — Seizures made at Tourane, Annam, in July 1936. R eport com m unicated by the F rench G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 10 k g . 720 g rs . No m a r k s .O.C.S./Conf.178. . •

à. In these two cases, two A nnam ites were arrested in the ac t 27084/388. o f haw king on th e ra ilw ay.

4. E ach w as sentenced to six m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of 500 francs and dam ages ; confiscation was ordered.

No. 474. — Seizures made at Vien Tiane and Luang-Prabang, Indo-China, in September,1936. R ep o r t com m unica ted b y the F rench Governm ent, F eb ru a ry 5th,1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 62 k g . 250 grs . No m a r k s .

3. There were four cases. In th ree of these, the opium was seized27084/388. and confiscated, b u t no a rres t could be m ade. In the fourth case,

6 kg. 250 grs. were found during a search m ade a t th e home of a Lao, who was arres ted and sentenced.

No. 475. — Seizures made at Xieng-Kouang, Laos, Indo-China, during the Third Quarter,1936. R ep o r t com m unica ted b y th e F rench G overnm ent, Feb rua ry 5 th ,1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 201 k g . 500 grs . No m a rk s .O.C.S./Conf.178. ' ' . , . b. ., , . , ,

3. I wo seizures were m ade m similar circumstances m lorest27084/388. c o u n t r y f ro m u n k n o w n p e r s o n s , w h o f led , a b a n d o n i n g t h e i r lo a d s .

The opium was seized.

No. 476. — Seizure at Calcutta, January 24th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Santhia ” , coming fromOsaka, Kobe, H ong-Kong, Singapore, Port Swettenham, Penang andRangoon. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e R epresenta tive of the U nited K ingdom on th e A dvisory Com mittee, March 17th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw onium : 673 g r a m m e s (11 c h i t t a k s 3 to la s ) .0,C.S./Conf.206. ,

2 . 1 here were no arrests.28382/387. 3 . O n r e c e ip t o f in f o r m a t i o n , t h e o p iu m w a s d is c o v e r e d s e c r e te d

in o n e o f t h e p ip e s of t h e m a in e n g in e - ro o m a n d in a b o x c o n t a i n i n gp a c k in g s i n t h e t u r n i n g - r o o m .

No. 477. — Seizure at Rotterdam, January 11th, 1937. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the N etherlands G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 5th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Raw opium : 9 kg.O.C.S./Conf. 181. Prepared opium : 150 grammes.951/388(3). Two pairs of Chinese scales, two pipes and wrapping paper.

The raw op ium was in tw e n ty cakes, some of which were m arked with a globe. The p repared opium was in forty-five cachets and in a t in box.

2. Person im plicated : L ing Sew, a Chinese hotel-keeper a t R o tte rdam .

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3. T he raw opium and p a r t of the p repared opium were found h idden u n d e r the flooring a t th e residence of th e accused. T he res t of th e p repared opium was found on him a t th e time of his arres t. H e s ta ted t h a t he h ad b ough t i t from a s toker on board a vessel for 616 florins. L ing Sew is th e m ost im p o r ta n t Chinese drug trafficker in R otte rdam .

4. The accused was sentenced to six m o n th s ’ im prisonment. He has lodged a n appeal.

No. 478. — Seizures at New York on October 6th, 13th and 29th, and November 2nd and 9th,1936, ex the s.s. “ New York ” , coming from Hamburg, the s.s. “ Ile-de- France ” , coming from Havre via Southampton, the s.s. “ Manhattan” , coming from Hamburg via Havre and Southampton, and the s.s. “ Normandie ” , coming from Havre via Southampton. R eports com­m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of th e United S ta tes of America on Decem ber 29 th , 1936, and J a n u a ry 4th, 1937.

1(a). Raw opium : 23 kg. 705 grs. (52 lb. 2 % oz.) on the NewY ork ; “

16 kg. 682 grs. (36 lb. 1 l x / 4 oz.) on th e Ile- de-France ;

48 kg. 92 grs. (105 lb. 13 oz.) on th e M a n ­hattan.

Total : 8 8 kg. 479 grs.

Prepared opium : 57 gramm es (2 oz.) on the Manhattan. Heroin : 625 gramm es (22 oz.) on the Normandie.

The raw opium seized on th e N ew York was in tw o suit-cases conta in ing forty-four packages, th i r ty of which were enclosed in t in foil and w rapped in red glazed paper. Each packet weighed ab o u t 450 gram m es and the opium contained 15.45 % anhydrous morphine. T hey were of th e size and ty p e com m only shipped from T u rkey and Iran, and from th e high m orphine co n ten t and the tex tu re of th e opium m igh t be of Turkish origin. Six packages were enclosed in white glazed paper an d re-w rapped in brown paper. They each weighed approx im a te ly 1 kg. net, and the op ium contained 12.58 % anhydrous m orphine. F ro m the tex tu re , size and m orphine con ten t of this opium, it m ight be of Iran ian origin. French newspapers were found in th e suit-cases.

On th e Ile-de-France, the op ium was in seventeen packages conta ined in cellophane, w rapped in w hite paper and re-w rapped in brown paper. The opium in four packages contained 13.03 % anhydrous m orph ine and t h a t in th ir teen packages con ta ined 12.49 % anhydrous m orphine. The origin of th is opium was no t determined.

On th e M anhattan , there were e ighty-eight packages of raw opium, also conta ined in two suit-cases. In one suit-case, there were th ir ty -e ig h t opium bricks, which conta ined 11.05 % of anhydrous m orphine. The o th e r suit-case contained fifty opium bricks which contained 9.67 % of anhydrous m orphine. Six packages were w rapped in white glazed paper which had an outside brow n-paper w rapper. T h ir ty - tw o packages were w rapped in familiar red paper. T w enty-e igh t packages were w rapped in w hite glazed paper covered w ith red paper and a brow n o u te r w rapper. S ixteen packages were in cloth bags outside of which was w rapped w h ite cellophane paper w ith a brow n ou te r w rapper. Six packages were w rapped in glazed p ap e r covered w ith white w ax p ap e r and a brow n ou ter wrapper. Some of th e opium bricks were w rapped in new spapers from Osaka (Japan) , H arb in (Manchuria) and Berlin (Germany). A few of the op ium bricks w rapped in red p ap e r h ad s tam ped upon th e m in ink a small circle inside of which appeared two Chinese charac ters m eaning “ lucky ” . The origin of th is op ium has n o t been determ ined.

The heroin seized on th e Normandie had no identify ing m arks or labels. I t was in two packages of p la in cellophane sewn in a white linen envelope.

2. Persons im plicated : Morris Schatz, alias H a r ry F reedm an and Charles Harris, A m erican ; F rances Schatz, wife of Morris Schatz ; F r i tz Meder, German, s torekeeper on the s.s. N ew Y ork ; Serafino Mancuso, alias P ierre Stefano, alias Pierre Sam, F rench, arrived eight m on ths previously in th e U nited S ta tes as a s towaway, the b ro th er of S alvatore Mancuso1; “ A ugust ” , p robab ly A ugust Brinig, oiler on the s.s. Normandie ; Pierre Ju liau , F rench , chef on th e s.s. Ile-de-France ; M argaret Georgeton, p resum ably American, a waitress employed in a river-front re s ta u ran t ; Léonie Bouige, French ; S tado S tadens and Olaf Olsen, residents of New Y ork and m em bers of a so-called shore gang em ployed in pa in ting and rigging vessels of th e U n ited S ta tes lines, na t io n a li ty n o t y e t determ ined ; Henri Dominick, American, master- a t-a rm s on the s.s. Manhattan ; Georges Im acher, F rench , s teward ; H enri Poncet, French, chief p a n t ry m a n on th e s.s. Normandie ; Helen F reed m an (Sadie) ; H enrie t te Monnier, Paris ; Dolly Leplanquais ; J ean -B ap tis te Pere tt i , Paris.

3. On the n igh t of Novem ber 9 th , 1936, Customs Agents a t New York arrested Im a c h e r and Poncet on th e Normandie and seized the heroin from them . B oth ad m it ted being carriers for th e same ring controlled b y Schatz and his associates. On October 2nd, 1936, information was received by Narcotic and Customs Agents to th e effect th a t Schatz, who had ju s t arrived a t New Y ork on the Manhattan, was a narcotic smuggler and t h a t he had b rough t narcotic

1 See docum ents C.465. M.200.1934. XI[O.C.294(u)], page 23, No. 1283; C.96.M.43.1935.XIfO.C.294(y)], page 6 ; and C.265.M.135.1935.XI[O.G.294(æ)], page 4.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.154.

1281 /388 (310-313).

R eports Nos. 593- 596 and 593a-596a.

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drugs on board th e M anhattan a t Cherbourg, which he h ad given to Dominick ; further th a t D o m in ic k would a t te n d to sm uggling th e drugs ashore a t New York. Dominick was already under suspicion as a sm uggler of w a tch m ovem en ts and narcotics and had been searched on a n u m b er of occasions, b u t w i th o u t result.

I t was established t h a t Schatz did, in fact, arrive as a passenger on the Manhattan. Plans were im m ed ia te ly laid to p re v en t th e narcotics being landed from th e Manhattan and to effect th e i r seizure. The vessel had been searched th e previous day, b u t no contraband found. Successive searches resu lted only in th e discovery of 57 gram m es of prepared opium on October 6 th . Schatz was k ep t u n d e r co n s tan t surveillance, hav ing been identified by a photograph. I t was discovered t h a t Schatz was residing a t 75, M an h a tta n Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, u n d e r th e nam e of H a r ry F reed m an , w ith a w om an called “ S a d ie ” , the telephone being listed in th e nam e of Helen F reedm an . On October 6 th , from a telephone conversation between Schatz a n d his w om an com panion, i t appeared t h a t Dom inick had telephoned to him, th is call ap p a ren t ly hav ing tak e n place prior to the supervision b y Customs Agents. T hat evening, Dom inick again called, m ak in g an a p p o in tm en t w ith Schatz for the following morning. On th e m orning of O ctober 7th, Schatz was seen in conversation w ith tw o unidentified members of th e crew of the M anhattan . He did n o t m ee t Dominick, b u t ap p a ren t ly conveyed to him a message. T he M anhattan sailed a t noon.

On October 8 th , Schatz m ade enqu iry as to w ha t tim e the N ew Y ork would dock and was informed t h a t th e ship h ad arrived t h a t m orning . A t 9.30 t h a t night, a m an giving the name of “ F r i tz ” , speaking in German, called S chatz and to ld h im or an o th e r person, believed to be his I ta l ian associate, know n th en only as “ Jo e ” , t h a t “ eve ry th ing was all r igh t ” and then made some a rrangem en ts for th e following morning. Agents im m edia te ly w ent to where the New Y o rk was berthed , b u t Schatz was n o t observed th a t evening in th e v icin ity of th e pier.

On th e following m orning, “ F r i tz ” again te lephoned Schatz and made an appo in tm ent for t h a t afternoon. Customs Agents s ta t ioned a t th e pier where the N ew York was berthed observed Schatz a t th e t im e appo in ted m ee t “ F ritz ” and board th e N ew York. The vessel was k e p t u n d e r co n s tan t surveillance, b u t “ F r i tz ” did n o t again leave the ship. The New York sailed for B erm uda th a t n ight. Before th e N ew Y ork sailed, Schatz boarded i t and made frantic efforts to see or find “ F r i tz ” , b u t “ F r i tz ” did n o t again appear and Schatz left the pier. Short ly a f te r th e N ew Y ork sailed, th e baggage-m aster of th e H am burg-A m erican and North G erm an Lloyd Line inform ed Customs Agents th a t he was suspicious of two suit-cases which he h a d discharged as passenger’s baggage from the New Y ork and th en placed in the Customs crib on th e pier as uncla im ed and unexam ined baggage ; t h a t th e reasons for his suspicions were t h a t he h ad been approached on the previous n ig h t b y a m em ber of the crew, known to h im as “ F r i tz ” , and t h a t “ F r i tz ” had to ld him t h a t two suit-cases marked “ S. M. D ikson ” h ad been landed from th e ship in error ; t h a t th ey belonged to a friend of his and t h a t th is friend would p ay a reasonable am o u n t of m oney to ob ta in possession, if the suit­cases could be re tu rned to him, “ F r i tz ” , on board the N ew York. The description given by the baggage-m aste r of “ F r i tz ” , who approached him, corresponded w ith th a t of th e m an who had been observed m eeting Schatz in th e s tree t opposite th e pier. The two suit-cases were found in th e crib an d bore tags m arked “ S. M. Dikson ” . Investiga tion established th a t no passenger of th is nam e h ad arrived on th e ship and th e cases were left in the crib undisturbed and th e crib was k e p t under surveillance n igh t and d ay b y Customs Agents. In th e interval between th e d ep a rtu re of th e N ew Y ork for Berm uda and its re tu rn to New Y ork on October 13th, Schatz was k ep t u n d e r surveillance. I t was learned th a t he had purchased50,000 F ren c h francs a t a b a n k where he was well known.

On the m orn ing of O ctober 13th, Schatz te lephoned the s team ship line asking a t w ha t hour their b o a t from B erm uda would arrive and was informed t h a t th e N ew York would dock th a t day. A t 2 p .m ., Schatz , asked a s tew ard to deliver a message to “ F r i t z ”. This steward was la te r questioned and s ta ted t h a t S chatz h ad asked him to tell F ritz Meder, the storekeeper on th e N ew York, t h a t his b ro ther-in -law was outside and w an ted to see him.

L a te r t h a t af te rnoon, since it was ev ident t h a t “ F r i tz ” did n o t in tend to leave the ship and since Schatz was growing increasingly nervous, i t was decided to pick up Schatz, locate “ F r i tz ” on th e ship and a t t e m p t to ob ta in a confession from the la tte r . “ F ritz ” was located on the ship. In his ves t pocke t was a book of safe ty m atches, on th e inside of which was written the telephone n u m b er of Schatz ap a r tm en t . Schatz was apprehended on the pier. The tw o suit-cases were removed from th e crib and b rough t to the Customs house. They contained ap p ro x im a te ly 24 kg. of ra w opium . F r i tz Meder m ade a complete confession and identified Schatz. He s ta te d t h a t he had know n Schatz for several m onths ; th a t Schatz had asked h im if he could conceal some packages on board the ship for delivery to him, Schatz, in New Y o rk ; th a t , on th e n ex t tw o tr ips following the request, no packages were delivered, b u t that, ju s t p rior to th e sailing of th e N ew Y o rk on Septem ber 17th, Schatz informed him th a t a passenger n am ed Dikson would give h im tw o suit-cases which were to be b rough t to him, Schatz, in New York. Meder s ta ted t h a t no passenger nam ed Dikson boarded the vessel a t Cherbourg, and he therefore concluded t h a t th e deal was off. However, upon the arrival of the ship a t New York, he m et Schatz , who asked h im for the two suit-cases. Schatz instructed Meder to locate th e bags and offer th e baggage-m aste r an y reasonable am oun t of money to

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release th em . Schatz refused to answer questions. He was arraigned and bond was set at $15,000. H e obta ined bail and was released on October 19th. While Schatz was being held, his a p a r tm e n t was entered , no one being there a t th e time, and a small q u an t i ty of opium dross was found in a bu reau drawer. I t was th en learned t h a t Schatz in all p robab ili ty had a drug ca rrie r on th e Ile-de-France, of the French Line. Similar arrangem ents to those p u t into effect w ith th e steam ships M anhattan and N ew York were made.

The Ile-de-France a rrived a t New Y ork on October 27th. C onstan t surveillance was m ain ta in ed . On October 29th, M argaret Georgeton was observed, as she walked down to the pier to th e gangw ay of th e ship, speak to several m em bers of th e ship and pier personnel. She boarded th e ship and shortly thereafter, when she was seen leaving, i t was ap p a ren t t h a t she carried some h ea v y object on her person. She was arrested and searched and underneath her c lo th ing were found four packages, which upon exam ina tion were found to contain ap p ro x im a te ly 4 kg. of raw opium. The packages were similar to those found in th e N ew Y ork seizure. She s ta ted t h a t she had obta ined th e opium from a chef on the Ile-de-France nam ed Ju lian . Ju l iau was arrested , and in a draw er und ern ea th his b u n k were found th ir te en 1-kg. packages of raw opium. He s ta ted t h a t he was a carrier for Schatz and one Pierre Sam and t h a t he had carried opium to these persons on two previous occa­sions — once in J u n e and once in August 1936 ; t h a t on bo th occasions he h ad lowered the op ium in packages in the early hours of the m orning of th e d ay of sailing into a motor-boat alongside of th e Ile-de-France upon p rearrangem ents m ade by Schatz and P ierre Sam, Schatz on b o th occasions being one of the occupants of the m oto r-boa t ; t h a t each time he had received th e narco tics in a w ate r-f ron t café in H avre, F rance , from a m an know n to h im as August ; t h a t he had received $300 for each delivery from Pierre Sam ; th a t on the present t r ip he was inform ed by Schatz and Pierre Sam t h a t th e m otor-boa t would not be used and t h a t a w om an would v is i t him on th e ship and remove th e narcotics on her person. The non-use of th e m o to r-boa t on this t r ip was unquestionab ly due to the intense land and off-shore pa tro l which had been m ain ta ined of the Ile-de-France, as had been previously done in th e case of th e N ew Y o rk and M anhattan and which, therefore, forced Schatz to employ an o th e r m ethod of effecting a landing. Ju l iau s ta ted t h a t on the present tr ip he had twenty- th ree packages of opium, which were concealed u nder th e lower d raw er un d ern ea th his berth ; and t h a t on the previous day M argaret Georgeton had come on board and had rem oved four packages of opium from the ship, and t h a t he had also removed two packages on his own person, u n d ern ea th his clothing, and had delivered th e m to P ierre Sam in th e v ic in ity of the pier. M argaret Georgeton confirmed the s ta tem en ts of Ju liau . Investiga tion of her associates established t h a t P ierre Sam was living w ith Léonie Bouige, who had accompanied M argare t Georgeton on board th e Ile-de-France w hen she successfully smuggled th e four packages of opium on October 28th. Leonie Bouige’s a p a r tm e n t was entered, b u t no narcotics were found. She was tak e n into custody and questioned. She a d m it ted living w ith Pierre S am an d also ad m itted accom panying M argaret Georgeton on board the Ile-de-France. She s ta te d t h a t P ierre Sam had b ro u g h t the opium to her a p a r tm e n t and t h a t Schatz was there a t th e tim e. T hrough Léonie Bouige, Pierre Sam was apprehended . He gave his t ru e name as P ierre Stefano. All four prisoners were arraigned an d held in default of bond awaiting tr ia l . Schatz was re -arrested in connection w ith th e Ile-de-France conspiracy. His bail was revoked and he was rem anded to jail w ithou t bail to aw ait trial. On Ju l ia u ’s person was found a le t te r addressed to a w om an nam ed Monnier, c/o General Delivery, Bourse, Paris. In th is envelope was found a le t te r in S ch a tz ’s han d w rit in g addressed to “ D ear Jo h n ” , which le t te r c learly ind icated t h a t the person “ J o h n ” was his Paris contact. I t was th en learned th ro u g h Léonie Bouige th a t , under instructions from Pierre Stefano (Sam), she h ad sent 6,300 F ren c h francs to th e same addressee of the letter, H enrie tte Monnier.

The M anhattan re tu rn ed to New Y ork City on October 29 th and the off-shore and land pa tro ls were p u t on d u ty . Dom inick was kep t u nder constan t surveillance on the pier and on the ship. On th e n igh t of N ovem ber 2nd, Customs Agents s ta tioned on the upper level of P ier 60, where th e M anhattan was berthed , took into cus tody a m an who identified himself as S tado S tadens an d who was carry ing a large suit-case which appeared to be very heavy. A second m an a t te m p te d to escape when hailed. He ran to th e edge of th e roof and tossed a h ea v y ob jec t into th e river. This object was recovered from th e b o t to m of th e river by grappling-irons. The suit-cases, on being opened, were found to conta in over 45 kg. 450 grs. of raw op ium in similar packages to those found in the cases of the N e w York and Ile-de-France seizures. The second m an gave his nam e as Olaf Olsen. Continued questioning of Stadens and Olsen elicited only the in form ation t h a t th ey h ad found th e suit-cases on th e roof of the pier and were a t te m p t in g to steal them . H enry Dom inick was arrested on Novem ber 3rd. He ad m it ted know ing Schatz and visiting him, "but refused to m ake any fu r th e r s t a t e m e n t . All th ree defendan ts were held in default of bail for trial. Schatz was also indicted.

Inves tiga tion in F rance discloses t h a t “ A ugust ” , alleged to have supplied opium to Ju l iau , is p ro b ab ly identical w ith August Brinig, suspected of being a narco tic smuggler ; fu r ther, t h a t Schatz had cabled 50,000 francs on March 20th, 1936, th rough a New Y o r k bank to th e accoun t of Dolly Leplanquais , la te r cancelling th e order and directing t h a t i t be paid to Jean-Bapt.is te Pere tt i , 29, rue des Ecoles, Paris. On October 9 th , 1936, Schatz cabled an

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additional 50,000 francs to J ean -B ap t is te Pere tt i . J can -B ap tis te P ere tt i is probably the “ Jo h n ” to whom S chatz wrote . The m a t te r is still under investigation.

4. Schatz was sentenced to tw en ty-f ive y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent and a fine of $45,000 ; Mancuso to fo r ty y e a rs ’ im prisonm ent and a fine of $40,000 ; S tadens and Olsen each to ten y ea rs ’ im prisonm en t ; Im acher to five y ea rs ’ im prisonm en t and a fine of $1,000 ; Juliau to three y e a rs ’ im p riso n m en t and a fine of §500 ; Ponce t to one year and one d ay ’s imprison­ment ; Meder to im p riso n m en t from th e t im e he w en t to jail to December 24th, 1936, when he was deported . M argare t Georgeton and Léonie Bouige were used as Governm ent witnesses and were given one y ea r an d one d a y ’s im prisonm en t each, w ith sentences suspended.

No. 479. — Seizure at New York on January 8th, 1937. R eport com m unicated by the G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, March 22nd, 1937.

1(a). R aw opium : 461 gram m es (16 oz. 109 grains).The opium was in brick form. The inside w rapper of the brick was

of t in foil, while th e n ex t w rapper was of dark-red paper bearing the le tte ring “ A & B Monopoly — B.M.” . On th e side of th e inner wrapper were w h a t appeared to be a yellow revenue s tam p of indistinct design and a round s tam p in black. The outside w rapper was of red glazed

paper m arked “ L ion B rand , Special ” , w ith a design showing th e drawing of a lion in silver.

2. Persons im plicated : Law rence Douglas, Jam es J . Crowley, Morris Saul ; Americans.

3. Narcotic Agents questioned Douglas, Crowley and Saul re la tive to an intended delivery of 1 lb. of raw opium to an informer. A fter th e th ree persons had left the room,the op ium in question was found on th e floor. The th ree m en were th en followed and Douglas and Crowley were arrested . Saul has n o t y e t been arrested . Douglas an d Crowley will be prosecuted.

No. 480. — Seizures at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, December 12th, 1936. R eport communicated b y th e G overnm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America, F e b ru a ry 24th, 1937.

1(a). R aw opium : 282 gram m es (9 oz. 403 grains).Opium solution : 1 kg. 136 grs. (40 oz.).Paraphernalia for smoking opium.

No iden tify ing m ark s or labels.

2. Person im plicated : Yee Cooey, alias Yee Ngoon Cooey, Chinese.

3. Narcotic Agents, conduc ting an investigation a t Sharpsburg, together w ith local police officers, detected the fumes of smoking opium, entered th e premises occupied b y the accused and found th e drugs an d paraphernalia , which consisted of one white enamelled b u ck e t bearing traces of opium , one glass opium-pipe and bowl and one piece of cloth used as a sieve and bearing traces of opium.

4. The de fen d an t is being held in defau lt of bond aw aiting trial.

Nole. — Seizures of raw opium were also m ade in connection w ith the following cases, which included seizures of o ther drugs sum m arised u nder app ropria te headings :

Cases Nos. 485-487, 496, 498 an d 505, under “ P repared opium ” ,Case No. 519, u n d e r “ Morphine ” .

Q u a n t i t i e s o f R a w O p i u m s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1936 1937

1,139 kg. 383 grs. 10 kg. 134 grs.

2. P R E P A R E D O PIU M A N D DROSS.

No. 481. — Seizure at Townsville, Queensland, Australia, on March 3rd, 1935, ex the “ Changte ” , coming from Eastern Ports. R ep o rt com m unicated by the G overnm ent of A ustra lia in its A nnual R ep o r t for 1935, March 12th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 10 kg. 224 grs. (360 oz.).O.C./A. R. 1935/96.

2. Persons im plicated : Tsang Boot and Y an W a, Chinese, bedroom 2-2881/22153. stewards on the vessel ; Chan Yin, b a th ro o m steward on the vessel.

3. Shortly a f te r th e Changte ber thed a t Townsville, four Chinese left th e vessel and, on being in tercep ted , th ree were found to be in possession of the opium.

4. The accused were each sentenced to eight m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent w ith hard labour.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 192.

1281/388(339).

R eport No. 624.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 211.

1281/388(345).

R eport No. 630.

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No. 482. — Seizures at Hong-Kong during October 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the R epresen ta t ive of th e U nited K ingdom on the Advisory Committee, J a n u a ry 12th, 1937. The rep o r t includes seizures of over 20 taels(736 gramm es) only.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 151 kg. 321 grs. (4,005 taels). 147 kg.O.C.S./Conf. 158(1). 1(35 g r s b ore the “ Red Lion, Lion & Globe ” m ark ; 1 kg. 360 grs. came10051 /388. from Canton and was m arked “ 1st k i n d ” ; 2 kg. 796 grs. were of doubtful

origin and bore no m ark.

2. There were four Chinese arrested.

3. 147 kg. 165 grs. of opium were seized in a j u n k and in a sam pan in A berdeen harbour ; p a r t of it w as packed in double t ins ready for dum ping. 2 kg. 531 grs. were seized in a street in th e c i ty of V ictoria on th e person of two of th e accused. 1 kg. 625 grs. were seized on the w harf, packed in ru b b e r balloons.

4. One Chinese was fined 5,000 Hong-K ong dollars or one y ea r ’s im prisonm en t ; one was fined 2 , 0 0 0 dollars or six m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent ; and tw o were fined 1 , 0 0 0 dollars or four m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 483. — Seizures at Hong-Kong during November 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the R epresen ta tive of th e U nited K ingdom on th e Advisory Committee, F eb ru a ry 10th, 1937. The repo rt includes seizures of over 20 taels (736 grammes) only.

1(a). Prepared opium : 38 kg. 236 grs. (1,012 taels). Label : “ Red Lion, Lion & Globe ” .

2. Person im plicated : A Chinese.

3. The opium was found on th e cable-ship Pacific in th e harbour of Victoria. I t was packed in four large sealed t in s ; tw o were found on the fore-deck an d th e other two were d u m p ed in th e sea a t th e approach of th e revenue officers and la te r recovered.

4. The Chinese was sentenced to a fine of 5,000 H ong-K ong dollars or one yea r’s im prisonm ent.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 180.

15391/388.

No. 484. — Seizure at Hong-Kong on December 29th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the R epresenta tive of th e U nited K ingdom on th e A dvisory Committee, March 17th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 37 kg. 783 grs. (1,000 taels). Label : “ RedO .C.S./Conf.205. Lion, Lion & Globe ” .

10051/388(2). 2 . T h e r e w e re no a r r e s t s .

3. The opium was found in th e sea-bed in th e h a rb o u r of Victoria in 1-tael t ins, packed in four gauzy bag parcels. T hey were p robab ly dum ped from a Macao s team er an d in tended for expor t to Singapore.

No. 485. — Seizures in the Straits Settlements during October 1936. R eport communicated by th e R epresen ta tive of th e U nited K ingdom on th e A dvisory Committee, J a n u a ry 9 th , 1937.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 156.

15391/388.

1(a). Prepared opium :Singapore

264 kg. 535 grs. (7,001.43 ta h i l s )

Raw opium :

37 kg . 65 grs . (981 ta h i l s )

Dross :

891 g r a m m e s (23.57 t a h i ls )

Penang

752 grammes (19.90 tahils)

128 grammes (3.40 tahils)

379 gramm es (1 0 . 0 2 tahils)

Malacca

0.7 gram m e (0 . 0 2 tahil)

Labuan15 grammes(0.40 tahil)

9 g r a m m e s (0.25 t a h i l )

259 kg. 211 grs. of th e prepared opium seized a t Singapore bore th e “ Red Lion ” mark and th e place of origin was believed to be Macao. 36 kg. 838 grs. of raw opium were believed to have come from Iran and 227 grammes from China.

2. There were t e n persons convicted a t Singapore in connection w ith seizures of 10 tahils (378 grammes) and over. A t Penang, Malacca and L ab u an , there were no seizures over 1 0 tahils.

3. There were tw e n ty cases of seizures of 10 tah ils and over in Singapore. In eleven of these cases, there were no accused. In eleven cases, th e opium was found on board vessels in th e h a rb o u r ; in th ree cases, in houses in Singapore ; in tw o cases, a t the exam ina tion station ; in tw o cases, in godowns ; in one case, in a m o to r-boa t ; an d in one case, a t sea.

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4. T he sentences passed a t Singapore were as follows : One person to two years’ rigorous im prisonm ent ; tw o persons to one y e a r ’s rigorous im prisonm ent ; tw o persons to eleven m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm en t ; one person to one d a y ’s simple im prisonm ent and a fine of 500 S tra its dollars, or eight m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent ; one person to one d ay ’s sinrole im prisonm ent an d a fine of 15 dollars, or fifteen d a y s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent on one charge and one d a y ’s simple im prisonm en t and a fine of 40 S tra i ts dollars, or one m o n th ’s rigorous im prisonm ent, on a second charge ; tw o persons to one d a y ’s simple im prisonm ent and a fine of 75 dollars, or ten w eeks’ rigorous im prisonm en t ; one person to one d ay ’s simple im prisonm ent a n d a fine of 50 dollars, o r tw o m o n th s ’ simple im prisonment.

No. 486. — Seizures in the Straits Settlements during November 1938. Report com­m un ica ted by th e R epresen ta t ive of th e U nited K ingdom on the Advisory Com m ittee , F e b ru a ry 10th, 1937.

Singapore

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 186.

15391/388.

1(a). Prepared opium :

Penang Malacca

84 kg. 528 grs. 'ÆU grammt/O tahils) (5.82 tahils)(2,237.21

Raw opium

3 kg. 461 grs (91.6 tahils)

Dross :

2 2 0 gram m es 2 grammesin nr, j. „i_;i_\ (0.05 tahil)

35 gramm es (0.93 tahil)

371 gramm es (9.81 tahils)

0.7 gramm e (0 . 0 2 tahil)

446 g r a m m e s (11.80 ta h i l s )

80 kg. 341 grs. of th e p repared op ium seized a t Singapore were believed to have come from Macao. Of th is q u an t i ty , 4 kg. 572 grs. bore th e “ Red Lion ” m ark . 1 kg. 700 grs. of p repared op ium were believed to have come from China. The raw opium was believed to have come from Iran.

2. There were four persons convicted a t Singapore in connection w ith seizures of 10 tahils (378 gramm es) and over. A t P enang and Malacca, there were no seizures of over1 0 tahils.

3. There were n ine seizures of 10 tah ils and over in Singapore. In five of these cases, there were no accused. In three cases, the op ium was found on board vessels in the harbour ; in th ree cases, a t the ex am in a tio n s ta t io n ; in one case, a t th e Naval Base ; in one case, in a house ; and in one case, on th e public road.

4. The sentences passed on th e persons convicted a t S ingapore were as follows : one person to eleven m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm en t ; one to five m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonment and 500 S tra i ts dollars fine, or five m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent ; one to th ree m on ths’ rigorous im p riso n m en t an d a fine of 1 0 0 dollars, or four m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent ; one, on th e first charge, to one m o n th ’s rigorous im prisonm ent and a fine of 1 0 0 dollars, or four m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent, and , on th e second charge, to th ree m on ths’ rigorous im prisonm ent an d a fine of 100 dollars, or t e n m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent.

No. 487. — Seizures in the Straits Settlements during December 1936. R eport com ­m un ica ted b y th e R epresen ta t ive of th e United K ingdom on the Advisory C om m ittee , F e b ru a ry 23rd, 1937.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 197.

15391/388.

Singapore

1(a). Prepared opium :

172 kg. 227 grs. (4,558.32 tahils)

Raw opium :

793 g ram m es ( 2 1 tahils)

Dross :691 gram m es (18.28 tahils)

Malacca

159 grammes

Penang

597 grammes(4.22 tahils) (15.79 tahils)

0 . 8 gram m e (0 . 0 2 tahil)

524 grammes (13.87 tahils)

422 gramm es (11.18 tahils)

171 kg. 588 grs. of p repared op ium bore the “ Red Lion ” m ark and the place of origin was believed to be Macao. 793 gram m es of raw op ium were believed to have come from Iran.

3. There were nine cases of seizures of 10 tahils and over in Singapore. In seven of these cases, th e re were no accused. Two persons were convicted. The opium was found, in four cases, on vessels in th e h a rb o u r ; in one case, a t th e exam ination s tation ; in one case, on th e public ro ad ; in one case, in a house ; in one case, on th e seashore ; and in one case, a t sea. T here were no seizures of 10 tahils or over a t Malacca or Penang.

4. One of th e persons convicted a t Singapore was sentenced to eighteen m o n th s’ rigorous im prisonm ent and a fine of 5,000 S tra i ts dollars or a fu r ther fifteen m o n th s ’ rigorous im prisonm ent. The o ther com m itted suicide before being sentenced.

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No. 488. — Seizure at Sea between Singapore and London s x the British s.s. “ Deucalion ” coming from Hong-Kong, via Singapore. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the R epresen ta tive of the U nited K ingdom on th e A dvisory Committee, J a n u a r y 4 th , 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 7 kg. 498 grs. In 132 two-ounce tins,O.C.S./Conf.l49. bearing th e “ Lion and Globe ” b rand . (A sample t in is in th e archives2 7 1 7 7 y3 gg of th e Secretariat.)

2. Person im plicated : F u n g Chai, a Chinese firem an on boardth e vessel.

3. On N ovem ber 13th, 1936, whilst th e vessel was on th e high seas, bound for Marseilles an d London, th e cap ta in ins truc ted his officers to m ake th e cus tom ary search for contraband , w ith th e resu lt t h a t th e prepared opium was discovered. 1 0 2 t ins were found concealed in the engine-room a t the back of th e fuel settling tan k s an d 30 tins in a cav ity ben ea th the wash­basin in the cabin occupied b y F ung Chai. F u n g Chai ad m it ted ownership and said t h a t he h ad received th e opium from a friend a t H ong-K ong to convey to some person a t Singapore. H e was unab le to tak e the opium ashore a t Singapore, owing to pers is ten t w a tch ing and search ing b y Customs officers. The cap ta in reported th e discovery on arrival in London and F u n g Chai was arres ted on December 12th.

4. F u n g Chai was sentenced to th ree m o n th s ’ hard labour and recom m ended for depor ta t ion .

No. 489. — Seizure at New Westminster, January 27th, 1937. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the C anadian A dvisory Officer, Geneva, M arch 17th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 122 kg. 147 grs. (268 lb. 12 oz.). Labels :O.C.S./Conf.210. 102 kg. 263 grs. : Green label “ Yick Kee ” . ; 19 kg. 884 grs. : Red label1873/388 “ E lep h an t ” b rand w ith the le t te r “ K ” raised on the tins. P h o to ­

graphs of the labels are in th e archives of th e Secretariat.

2. There were no arrests.

3. On J a n u a ry 27th, 1937, th e Gyokoh M a ra arr ived a t New W es tm in s te r from V ancouver and docked a t th e Pacific Coast te rm inal w harf. As only ab o u t 20 more feet of th e w harf th a n th e length of th e vessel was available for docking, i t was necessary for the vessel to drop her p o r t anchor and drag it for ab o u t 800 feet to give steerage w ay which would m ak e a broadside landing possible. This was done, and up o n th e anchor being weighed, the m a te observed th a t a long piece of rope, w ith a n u m b er of 4-ft. bundles a t tach ed , had been picked up b y th e anchor. Investigation disclosed t h a t these bundles, eleven in num ber, each con ta ined fifty tins of opium. Very great care had been displayed in p reparing th e bundles. E ac h con ta ined five separa te packages, w ith ten tins in each package. These packages were w rap p ed in new spapers and s trengthened w ith bam boo sticks. The whole was th en again w rap p ed in b u rlap sack, sewn t ig h t w ith s tring and lashed outside w ith half-inch rope. The lead-line to which th e bundles were a t tach ed consisted of app rox im a te ly 1 0 0 ft. of l ^ - i n . m an ila rope. I t was es tim ated t h a t th e opium had been in th e w a te r from th ree to five weeks, hav in g been obviously dropped overboard on th e off-shore side of some vessel which had docked previously a t t h a t wharf. In any event, there is no suspicion w hatever t h a t th e Gyokoh M a ru was im plicated . B o th th e sacks conta in ing th e op ium an d th e rope were covered in m ud . On w ashing th e la tte r , slight traces of blue p a in t and red lead were in evidence, possibly in d ica t ing t h a t i t h ad previously lain in or near th e p a in t locker of some deep-sea vessel. The r iver-bed which concealed the opium until i t was b rough t to light by the anchor of th e Gyokoh M a ru is im m ed ia te ly alongside where the Blue Funnel Line vessels b e r th w hen a t New W estm ins te r . Vessels of t h a t line occupied th e b e r th in question on the following dates : Talthybius, N ovem ber 15th-18th, 1936 ; Tyndareus, Decem ber 15th-18th, 1936 ; Ix io n , J a n u a r y 21st-23rd, 1937. As th e H a rb o u r Commissioners were conduc ting dredging operations in th is area up to October 1936, the opium m u s t have been deposited there since t h a t date .

No. 490. — Seizure at Vancouver, B.C., in December 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the C anadian Advisory Officer, Geneva, March 17th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 880 gram m es (31 oz.). Label : “ Lo Fulc Kee ” . Pho tographs of the label are in th e archives of th e Secretariat.

2. Persons im plicated : Mali P o y , 1 alias Sue Sun P o y and F ra n k Lee ; F ran k Lum.

3. E a r ly in D ecem ber 1936, i t becam e known t h a t Mali Poy was in Vancouver selling opium . Purchases were m ade from him in order to s tu d y his m ethods of delivery. On D ecem ber 18th, an officer was supplied w ith m ark ed m oney to complete a fu r th e r deal. He ren ted a room in a n hotel where he discussed prices, etc., w ith th e two Chinese in question. In due course, th e m oney asked for b y th e Chinese was paid to Mah Poy an d he and F ran k L u m left th e hotel. B o th th e accused were constan tly shadowed and ano the r purchase with

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.209.

1873/388.

1 See docum ent C.621.M.243.1930.XI [O.C.294(/)], pages 66-67.

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marked m oney was m ade on D ecem ber 27th. A t the t im e of delivery of th is second purchase Mah Poy was arres ted and some of the m arked m oney found on him. ” The officers then traced Lum, who was in a Chinese gambling-house, and, on his being arrested , the rest of the marked money was found in his possession. B o th m en have been com m itted for trial, the result of which will be com m unica ted later.

No. 491. — Seizure at Saigon, Cochin-China, July 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the F rench G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 5 th , 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 5 kg . 600 grs . No m a r k s .O.C.S./Conf.178. n . .

o. t h e op ium was seized during a search m ade a t th e domicile27084/388. of th ree Tonkinese, who were arres ted . I t was conta ined in fourteen

u n m ark e d brass boxes, concealed in baskets .

4. E ac h of th e offenders was sentenced to two m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent, a fine of2,000 francs and dam ages. Confiscation of th e opium was ordered.

No. 492. — Seizure at Cebu, Commonwealth of the Philippines, on November 6th, 1936,ex the s.s. “ Corregidor ” , coming from Manila. R ep o rt com m unicated by the~ vernm en t of th e U n ited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 11th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 3 kg. 475 grs. (gross weight). In fifty- eight small t ins bearing th e im pression of “ Three Lions ” s tam ped into th e m etal , to g e th e r w ith Chinese charac ters . The p ape r wrappers bore th e likeness of a h u m an skull.

2. Person im plica ted : Felipe Diacson Tan , alias Yu Te Chong, Chinese.

3. U pon the arrival of th e Corregidor a t Cebu, Customs officers found th e opium concealed on th e person of th e accused, who was a passenger on th e vessel.

4. The d efen d an t will be prosecuted.

No. 493. — Seizure at Cebu, Commonwealth of the Philippines, on November 7th, 1936,ex the M/V “ San José ” , coming from Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a r y 11th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 400 gram m es (gross weight). In six small t ins, bea ring th e label of the “ Three Lions ” brand.

2. Person im plicated : A m brosia Escobia, Filipino.

3. U pon the arr iva l of the San José a t Cebu, Customs officers foundth e op ium on Escobia , a n incom ing passenger on th e vessel.

4. Escobia will be prosecuted.

No. 494. — Seizure at Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines, December 4th, 1936, exthe s.s. “ Phemius ” , coming from Hong-Kong. R eport com m unicatedb y th e G overnm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America, F eb ru a ry 8 th , 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 67 kg.“ Lion B ran d ” . T he rep o r t from the Insu lar Collector of Customs

a t Manila m ere ly sta tes t h a t th e opium was of the “ Lion B rand ” . W h e th e r th is is th e “ Lion B rand ” represented by th e s tam ped impression in th e op ium t in of th e figure of a lion w ith its paw resting on a globe, som etim es called th e “ Lion & Globe ” b rand , or “ Tiger ” brand ,

or w he the r i t was th e ty p e of t in showing the figure of a runn ing lion and Chinese characters s tam ped in to the m etal, or w he the r i t was th e so-called “ Red Lion B rand ” is no t known.

2. There were no arrests.

3. As a resu lt of several com plain ts from passengers concerning th e ta s te and odour ofthe sh ip ’s drink ing-w ater, th e m as te r of th e vessel ordered th e ta n k to be cleaned During this cleaning, the op ium was discovered.

No. 495. — Seizures in Macao during September 1936. R ep o rt com m unica t d by the Portuguese G overnm ent, J a n u a r y 7th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 280 gram m es (7.4 taels). Chinese origin.O.C.S./Conf.155. .

2. Persons im plica ted : L au Hei, Ho Cheng, Chiu Man Chau, 529/388(4). T chan Sai Sou, Vong Seng, Lei long, T am Fong, L am Sim Tong, Lo

M am Fong, Lai Siu Teng, Leong Quin Chiu, h im Ioc, Vong P a t Ku, Leong Tai, H o P a t , T am A Sei ; all of Chinese na tionali ty .

3. There were seventeen cases ; all concerned the possession of non-Regie opium.

4. F ines to ta l l ing 419 Macao dollars were inflicted and ranged from 3 to 200 dollars. In six cases, th e fines were n o t paid and th e accused were therefore sent to the Tribunal.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l84.

1281/388(335).

R eport No. 620.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l51.

1281/388(324).

R eport No. 607.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.151.

1281/388(323).

R eport No. 606.

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No. 496. — Seizures in Macao during October 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the P ortuguese Governm ent, F e b ru a ry 17th, 1937.

R efe rence : 1(a). Prepared opium : 597 g r a m m e s (15.8 t a e l s ) .O .C.S./Conf.188. Raw opium : 151 g r a m m e s (4 t a e ls ) .

529/388(4). Heroin pills : 778.The raw and p repared opium were of Chinese origin.

2. Persons im plicated : Leong Seng, Vong San, Chan Siec, Chan Foe, Leong Hang, L am Teng, Sié Tong, Ngai Y au , Cheong Si, Vong Io, Tcheong Tchan, an d P u m Cai Seng ; all Chinese.

3. There were te n cases in connection w ith th e seizures of raw an d p repared opium ; all concerned th e possession of non-Regie opium. There were th ree cases in connection w ith the seizure of hero in pills. All th ree cases concerned th e possession of th e pills in question.

4. In th e raw' and prepared opium cases, fines were inflicted to ta ll ing 622 Macao dollarsand ranged from 3 to 400 dollars. In six cases, th e fines wTere n o t paid and the accused were therefore sen t to th e T ribunal. In the seizures of heroin pills, fines of 49, 184 and 545 Macao dollars respectively were inflicted. The fine of 49 dollars was paid, bu t, in th e o th e r two cases, th e fine was n o t pa id and the accused were sent to th e Tribunal.

No. 497. — Seizures in Macao during November 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the Portuguese G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 25th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 665 g r a m m e s (17.6 ta e l s ) .O .C.S./Conf.188. Heroin pills : 86 .

591/388(4) The opium was of Chinese origin.

2. Persons im plicated : Chong Hip, Chan Chi, Chong Cheong, Chan Cheong, T am Choi, T am Tac, Chou Choc, L au On, Vong San, Lai P an , T ong Heng, Tou Vai, T am H ong, U ng I, Lei Ung, lu n loc, Ip Fang , Sic Va, Mac Tim, Chan F u n , Vong Foe, Lei M an Veng ; all Chinese.

3. There were tw e n ty cases in connection w ith the seizures of p repared opium ; they concerned th e possession of non-Regie opium. There were two cases in connection w ith the seizure of heroin pills ; th ey concerned th e possession of the pills in question.

4. In the p repared opium cases, fines to ta l l ing 447.50 Macao dollars were inflicted, rang ing from 3 to 75 dollars. In seven cases, th e fines were n o t paid and the accused were therefore sen t to th e Tribunal. In the heroin pills cases, fines of 40 an d 46 dollars wereinflicted. The fine of 40 dollars was paid, b u t th e fine of 46 dollars was n o t pa id and theaccused was sen t to th e Tribunal.

No. 498. — Seizure at Amphur Ban Mae, Chiengmai, Siam, December 27th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y the Siamese G overnm ent, March 1st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 158 kg . 6 6 6 g rs . (4,231 t a m l u n g s 10 h o o n s ) .O .C.S./Conf.198. Raw opium : 29 k g . 168 grs . (777 t a m l u n g s 80 h o o n s ) .

951 ,'388(3). Dross : 2 kg. 3 grs. (53 tam lu n g s 40 hoons).

2. Person im plicated : Nai Sook, K ham u, F rench subject.

3. The co n tra b an d came from the British Shan Sta tes.

No. 499. — Seizure at Amphur Ban Muang, Nan, Siam, on January 16th, 1937. Beport com m unica ted b y th e Siamese G overnm ent, March 22nd, 1937.

? efeI e™re : !(«)• Prepared opium : 119 kg. 94 grs. (3,175 tam lu n g s 85 hoons).U.Li.o. /v<0111. ̂ lo.

2. There were no arrests.951/388(4).

3. F ou n d in fifty t ins, as a result of in form ation received.

No. 500. — Seizure a t Amphur Bangpo, Uttar adit, Siam, on January 7th, 1937. Report com m unica ted b y the Siamese Governm ent, March 18th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 691 kg. 113 grs. (1,843 tam lungs).U . L . u . / L i O n i . v l o .

2. There were no arrests.951/388(4).

3. Found in tw en ty -th ree tins as a result of in fo rm ation received.

No. 501. — Seizure at Amphur Muang, Lampang, Siam, on November 17th, 1936. R e p o r t com m unica ted b y the Siamese Governm ent, J a n u a r y 29th, 1937.

Reference : 1 (a). Prepared opium : 82 kg. 125 grs. (2,190 tam lungs).O.C j . o . / LjOIII. 1 / v»

2. There were no accused.951/388(3).

3. The opium was in tw en ty -s ix t ins and concealed in a paddy waggon.

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No. 502. — Seizure at Amphur Muang, Pitsanuloke, Siam, November 30th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y th e Siamese Governm ent, J a n u a ry 22nd, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 53 kg. 57 grs. (1,414 tam lungs 85 hoons).O.C.b./Lonl.lbu. '

2. Persons im plicated : Nai Gum an d accomplices, all Chinese.

3. The op ium was seized in consequence of inform ation received. I t was con ta ined in tw e n ty tins.

951/388(3).

No. 503. — Seizure at Bangkok on January 21st, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Hellas ” , coming fromSwatow. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the Siamese Governm ent, March 9th, 1937

Reference : 1(a). Dross : 59 k g . 250 grs . (1,580 t a m lu n g s ) .C).C.S./Conf.202.

2. Person im plica ted : Nai T an Si Ngiak, Chinese.951/388(4).

3. The dross was in fourteen tins, bearing no m ark . Thetins were found concealed in a large t in hung in th e w a te r- tan k on

the fore p a r t of th e ship.

No. 504. — Seizure at King Chiengsaen, Chiengrai, Siam, on November 16th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y the Siamese G overnm ent, F eb ru a ry 12th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Prepared opium : 77 k g . 475 g rs . (2,066 t a m lu n g s ) .O.C.S./Conf. 185.

2. Persons im p lica ted : Nai Ta, Nai Chuen, Nai P u n and others :951/388(3). Siamese.

3. The opium, which was seized by m eans of inform ation received by th e au thorit ies , w as conta ined in tw en ty -n in e tins.

No. 505. — Seizures in Siam during the Third Quarter, 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by the Siamese G overnm ent, F e b ru a ry 17th, 1937.

P o r t seizures In te rn a t io n a l seizures

Reference : 1(a). Prepared 812 kg. 861 grs. (21,676 tam lungs 30O.C.S./Conf.l89. opium : 1 kg. 406 grs. hoons).951/388(3). (37 tam lu n g s 48 hoons).

Raw opium : 844 117 kg. 656 grs. (3,137 tam lungs 50grammes (22 tam lungs 50 hoons). hoons).

Dross : 11 kg. 672 55 kg. 449 grs. (1,478 tam lungs 64 hoons).grs. (311 tam lungs 25 hoons).

The co n trab an d was all smuggled from 22 kg. 200 grs. of prepared opium cameSwatow. from the Brit ish Shan States. 21 kg. 527 grs.

of raw opium an d 14 kg. 383 grs. of prepared opium came from Indo-China.

2. The m a jo r i ty of th e accused were F if ty -th ree Siamese, tw enty-nine Chi-Chinese. nese, th ree Lao an d one H indu were arrested

in connection w ith the more im p o rtan t cases. In tw en ty -th ree cases, there were no arrests.

3. A seizure of raw opium and dross was There were 3,384 cases in all, 3,295 ofmade on A ugust 25 th an d a seizure of dross on these being seizures of small am ounts.Septem ber 23rd. B o th these seizures weremade on th e s.s. Hiram , com ing from Swatow.The raw opium an d dross were found con­cealed in th e double wall of th e s ick-bay on board th e vessel. The dross was found in th e coal-bunker. In a d d it io n to these cases, th e re were te n seizures m ade on s team ers in th e River M enam and on th e wharves.

4. The m ax im u m sentence of im prison ­ment was te n days and the m ax im u m fine 25 ticals.

In tw en ty of th e more im p o r tan t cases, sentences of bo th im prisonm ent and fine were inflicted. In tw en ty -e igh t cases, a fine only was inflicted. The sentences of im prison­m en t ranged from fifteen days to one year and th e fines from 485 to 15,192 ticals. Three persons were released owing to insufficient evidence. In th e less im p o r tan t seizures, the m ax im um te rm of im prisonm ent was four m onths and the m axim um fine 2,457 ticals 60 stangs. There were 3,202 prosecutions.

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No. 506. — Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, on November 14th, 1936. R ep o rt com­bed b y th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of A m erica , Jan u a ry )37.

1(a). Prepared opium : 105 gram m es (3 oz. 298 grains).Dross : 28 gram m es (428 grains).Pills containing heroin : 938.N in e complete opium sm oking pipes and twelve complete

heroin pipes.There were no identify ing m arks or labels on th e drugs.

2. Persons im plicated : Y ing Kee, J im Lee, H a r ry Ching, W ong Wo, George Soo Hoo, Chin You, Low Sam, H en n an Yee, Soo Hoo, Ching Pong, Jo h n Yen : all Chinese ; Chin Yeng, Lee W ong an d J o h n H in : Am erican citizens.

3. N arcotic Agents, ac ting on inform ation t h a t Y ing Kee, a local Chinese, was conducting an opium -sm oking den, ra ided his premises, seized th e above-m entioned narcotic drugs and parap h ern a l ia an d arrested th e accused.

4. All th e defendants wrere released on bond pending trial.

No. 507. — Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, December 29th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, F eb ru a ry 24th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 39 gram m es (1 oz. 163 grains).Dross : 9 gram m es (131 % grains).Heroin pills : 181 gram m es ( 6 oz. 164 y2 grains).Opium and pill sm oking paraphernalia.

No distinctive m arks or labels.

2. Persons im plicated : Horn F ook Ding, Chinese ; Gee Chong, K ing Don, Lee Kwong and Lee T ong : A m erican citizens of Chinese parentage.

3. Narcotic Agents, ac ting on inform ation t h a t th e premises occupied by Horn Fook Ding were being used as an opium -sm oking den, a t te m p te d to gain ad m it tan ce b u t found the en trance barricaded ; w hereupon th e y forced an entrance. Inside, th ey discovered the defendants sm oking opium and heroin pills. The place w-as fit ted up for th e accom m odation of a n u m b er of smokers, as, in add it ion to the drugs, four peanut-oil lamps, fifteen o ther lamps, five op ium pipes, twelve heroin-pill pipes and o ther p araphernalia were found.

4. E ach of the defendants was held in defau lt of bond aw aiting trial.

No. 508. — Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17th, 1937. R eport com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, March 24th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 5 kg. 185 grs. (182 oz. 251 grains) (gross w eigh t) .

In fifteen 5-tael t ins and five large plain tins. Inasm uch as i t was n o t possible to remove th e con ten ts of the t ins to determ ine th e net weight of th e opium, the gross w eight is given. If i t were certain th a t th e 5-tael t ins contained full measure, i t could be es tim ated t h a t the

n e t w-eight of th e contents of th e fifteen tins would be ap p ro x im a te ly 2 kg. 594 grs. Eleven5-tael t in s each had s tam ped on one end th e impression of a cock and on the o th e r end theimpression of an e lephan t and th e large le t te r K ” , to ge ther w ith Chinese characters . The t ins also bore th e “ L am Kee-Macao ” paper labels. F o u r 5-tael t ins, which bore no paper labels, wrere each s tam p ed on one side wri th the word “ Cheong ” ; on the o ther side was s tam ped a likeness of a world globe. E ach of these t ins wras s tam ped a t one end w ith the impression of a cock and ce rta in Chinese charac ters and the large le t te r “ C ” . On two of these four t ins were w’h a t appeared to be Chinese revenue s tam p s ,a n d on th e o ther tw o it was indicated t h a t th e s tam ps had been affixed to th e tins b u t removed later.

2. Person im plicated : Yee W ah , alias W ah Wing, Chinese.

3. As a result of investigations, Narcotic Agents arres ted Yee W ah a t his shop andseized th e opium. Yee W ah claimed t h a t he purchased th e opium from a m an , whose namehe could no t, or would not, disclose, wrho came to Boston from New York.

4. Yee W a h was held for prosecution.

No. 509. — Seizure at Brooklyn,New York,December 29 th ,1936, ex the s.s. “ Greystoke Castle” (British), coming from the Far East, via the Panama Canal Zone. Beportcom m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America,March 8 th , 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 9 gramm es ( 1 / 3 oz.).Appara tus for smoking opium.

There were no identify ing m arks or labels. The opium contained9 % an hydrous m orphine.

2. There were no arrests.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.200.

1281/388 (343).

R e p o r t No. 628.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.214.

1281/388 (350).

R e p o r t No. 635.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.19-1.

1281/388(338).

R e p o rt No. 623.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.166.

1281/388(332).

R e p o r t No. 615.

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3. T he opium an d a p p a ra tu s were found b y Customs officers on board the Greystoke Castle concealed behind a range in th e Chinese crew ’s quarte rs .

No. 510. — Seizure at Brooklyn, New York, January 12th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Maron ” , coming m the Far East and South African Ports. R eport com m unicated by the vernm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America, March 24th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 107 kg. 378 grs. (3,780.9 oz.). In 597 tins, 498 of which bore the “ Cock and E lephan t, L am Kee Macao ” labels an d 99 of which bore th e “ Y ick Kee ” labels.

2. Persons im plica ted : Ma Chung an d Cheung Shui, members of the crew of th e Maron ; Ng Chung, W ong Chuen, Loy Cham : all Chinese.

3. Customs agents a t New Y ork were notified by th e m aster of the M aron t h a t a w a tc h m an in th e em ploy of th e Oceanic Service Corporation, who policed the vessels of th e Blue F unne l Line, h ad been approached b y a Chinese m em ber of the crew of the Maron, who gave h im th ree new ten-dollar bills in re tu rn for his promise n o t to interfere with the Chinese when he lowered a n u m b er of bo tt les over the side of the ship t h a t night to a w aiting sam pan . The w a tc h m an reported th e m a t te r to th e master , who im mediately ordered a search of th e vessel. A m ong th e outw ard cargo in No. 4 h a tch were found eleven burlap sacks an d a fu r th e r search revealed an o th e r sack. W hen opened, th ey were found to conta in fifty-four herm etically sealed t in containers, fifty of which were square in shape ; these conta ined th e 498 tins. In th e rem ain ing four conta iners, which were round in shape, were found th e 99 tins. The Chinese crew m em ber was identified as Ma Chung. He was searched and in th e lining of th e cuff of his overcoat were found th ree new ten-dollar bills of the same sequence as those given th e w a tch m an . Two additional ten -do lla r bills were found on the vessel in th e coa t p o ck e t of Cheung Shui, a boatsw ain . Ma Chung s ta ted t h a t the opium had been p u t on board a t H ong-K ong on a previous tr ip b y Ng Chung and W ong Chuen ; t h a t the opium was owned and financed b y a com pany in H ong-K ong whose nam e he did no t know ; t h a t he h ad been commissioned, to g e th e r w ith nine o ther m em bers of the crew whom he refused to nam e, w ith th e exception of Cheung Shui, to land the opium a t New Y ork ; and th a t he was to deliver i t to Loy Cham in New Y ork. Ma Chung added t h a t he had been approached in New Y ork by a well-dressed I ta l ian and given 100 dollars in new ten-dollar bills, with instructions to d is tr ib u te th e m oney am ong th e boatswain , th e w a tchm an and himself. The I ta l ian fu r th e r to ld him to have th e op ium ready to p u t over th e side a t m idnight, when there would be a boa t re ad y to receive it.

4. Ma Chung was sentenced to five y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent and a fine of $5,000. The grand ju ry refused to ind ic t Cheung Shui. To date , no action has been tak e n against Loy Cham and the p resen t w hereabou ts of Ng Chung a n d W ong Chuen are unknow n.

No. 511. — Seizure at Brooklyn, New York, January 28th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Soemba ” (Dutch),coming from Dakar, Java. R ep o rt com m unica ted by th e Governm ent of th e U n ited S ta tes of America, March 8 th , 1937.

1(a). Opium wash : 255 gram m es (9 oz.).Opium smoking pipes : 2.Opium lamp : 1.

The opium wash consisted of a dark-brow n tu rb id liquid. The flask, conta in ing 2 2 0 gram m es of th is solution, was found upon analysis to consist of b u t 0.355 of an ounce of solids, or approx im ate ly 0.44 of an

ounce calcu la ted as smoking-opium, th e to ta l anhydrous m orphine content being 0.0053. The b o tt le in which th e 35 gram m es of op ium wash was found contained 0.124 calculated as sm oking-opium, th e solids p resen t being 0.0992 of an ounce and the to ta l anhydrous m orphine con ten t being 0.00042 of an ounce. There were no identify ing m arks or labels.

2. There were no arrests.

3. The opium w ash an d ap p a ra tu s were found b y Customs officers concealed in the quar te rs of th e Chinese crew of the Soemba.

No. 512. — Seizure at Gulfport, Staten Island, New York, on January 5th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Erinna ” , coming from Southampton. Reports com m unicated by the G overnm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America, F eb ru a ry 8 th and 15th,1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 5 gramm es ( 1 / 6 oz.). No identifying marks or labels.

Alcoholic extract of opium : 554 grammes (19% oz.).Dross : 28 gramm es (1 oz.).Opium pipes and scales.

2. Person im plicated : Chen Yee Shun, Chinese mem ber of the crew of th e s.s. Erinna.

3. The p repared opium was found concealed on th e person of the accused upon the arrival of th e E rinna a t Gulfport. H e was arrested , b u t the case has n o t y e t been reported

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l82.

1281/388(336).

R eports Nos. 621 and 621(a).

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l99.

1281/388(342).

R epo rt No. 627.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.217.

1281/388(347).

R eport No. 632.

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to th e U n ited S ta tes A tto rn ey for prosecution. On searching the ship on th e same day, Custom s officers found the ex t ra c t of opium, th e dross an d the parapherna lia for sm oking on bo ard th e vessel. The owner or owners of these could n o t be ascertained.

No. 513. — Seizure at Marysville, California, December 6th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, F eb ru a ry 24th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 6 8 gram m es (2 oz. 165 grains). 65 grammes were in a t in bearing the label of the “ Cock an d E lep h a n t brand (Lam Kee Macao) ” . The res t bore no label.

2. Persons im plicated : L im Y uen and Lim J u ; bo th Chinese.

3. Narcotic Agents seized the opium from th e accused as th e y were ab o u t to deliver i t to an informer.

4. T he defendan ts were held in default of bond aw aiting trial.

No. 514. — Seizure at New York on November 28th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Santa Paula ”, coming from Havana. R eport com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of the United S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 19th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 11 gram m es ( 3 / 8 ounce). No identifying m arks or labels.

3. A cting on inform ation t h a t certain Chinese crew m em bers of th e Santa Paula were sm uggling narcotic drugs in to the p o r t of New York, Customs Agents gave th e ship a tho rough search and questioned th e crew, w ith o u t discovering any con traband . As th e officers were

m ak ing a search of a s ta teroom , a com m otion was heard outside am ong the crew, an d an officer,looking out, saw a small j a r lying on th e floor in th e passage-way. This j a r contained th e p repared opium. W hile ap p a ren t ly the op ium belonged to one of th e Chinese crew m em bers, th e ac tual owTner could n o t be ascerta ined and no arrests were made.

No. 515. — Seizure at Seattle, Washington, February 12th, 1937. R eport com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, March 24th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 622 gram m es (21.9 oz.). In two glass jars and one 5-tael tin. The 5-tae l t in bore a label showing th e likeness of a deer and appears to be a new v a r ie ty of th e “ Cock and E lep h a n t ” b rand . This label has a w ate r-m arked background w ith illegible m arkings or p r in t ing above th e deer. The Chinese charac ters below th e deer are s tam ped thereon w ith blue ink an d are

in te rp re ted as being a certificate and recognition of th e q u a l i ty of the goods conta ined therein. The label on th e opposite side of th e t in is oil-stained and, while of th e same tex tu re , the w a te r-m ark in g varies. A t th e top of th e tin, the additional s tr ip label conta in ing Chinese charac ters is a t a x receipt showing t h a t th e goods were inspected a t Shanghai and a t a x paid. The end of th e t in , bearing th e le tter “ K ”, conta ins a square seal on one side. The Chinese charac ters on th e opposite side give, according to th e local trans la to r , th e m an u fa c tu re r ’s n am e “ L u m Gay ” , or “ Lim Gay ” , according to th e dialect. However, these two Chinese charac ters a re th e same as those s tam p ed on th e ends or th e sides of th e g rea t m a jo r i ty of the “ Cock and E le p h a n t ” op ium tins seized in th e U nited Sta tes, an d th e popu la r in te rp re ta t ion of th e le t te r ing is “ L am Kee ” . The opposite ends of th e t in conta in the familiar “ Cock ” sym bol an d Chinese characters to the effect t h a t th e tins conta in 5 taels, Chinese measure.

2. Leong Wing, Chinese ; L. G. Gray, American.

3. Following an investigation of th e activities of Leong Wing, Customs Agents searched his au tom obile an d discovered there in two glass jars conta in ing 85 gram m es of opium. L. G. Gray, who en tered the car ju s t prior to th e seizure, was also arrested . A search of Leong W in g ’s residence resu lted in th e add itional seizure of 537 gram m es in th e th ree tins.

4. Leong W ing and G ray were indicted and bond set for $5,000 for the form er and $ 1 , 0 0 0 for th e la tter .

No. 516. — Seizure at Honolulu, November 8th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the G overnm ent of th e United S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th, 1937.

1(a). Prepared opium : 379 gram m es (13 oz. 146 grains). Label : “ Cock & E lep h an t (Lam Kee Macao) ” ,

2. Person im plicated : Chu W ah Sun, Chinese.

3. Acting on inform ation th a t th e accused was dealing in narcotic drugs, Narcotic Agents a rres ted him on the s tree t and seized the opium

on h im . H e will be prosecuted.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l69.

1281/388(331).

R e p o rt No, 614.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 215.

1281/388(349).

R e p o r t No. 634.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.159.

1281/388(326).

R e p o r t No. 612.

Reference : O .C.S ./Conf.194.

1281/388(337).

R e p o r t No. 622.

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Note. — Seizures of p repared opium an d dross were also m ade in connection with the following cases, which include seizures of o th e r drugs and which have been summarised under ap p ro p r ia te headings :

Cases Nos. 456, 477, 478 u n d e r “ R aw opium ” ,

Q u a n t i t i e s o f P r e p a r e d O p i u m a n d D r o s s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

Prepared. Opium : Dross:

1935 1936 1937 1936 1937

10 kg. 224 grs. 2.023 kg. 708 grs. 423 kg. 694 grs. 72 kg. 370 grs. 59 kg. 533 grs.

3. M O R P H IN E .

No. 517. — Illicit Sale of Morphine at Usti, on the Elbe, Czechoslovakia, discovered in January 1936. R e p o r t com m unica ted b y the G overnm ent of Czecho­slovakia in its rep o r t on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(6). Morphine : 203 grammes.

2. Persons im plica ted : Oldrich Mitrovsky, re tired engine-driver, his wife an d son ; H. W alte r , proprie tor of the p h a rm acy “ Au L io n ” a t Usti.

3. The docto r a t tach ed to th e ra ilw ay com pany a t Podm okly prescribed several medicines betw een F e b ru a ry and N ovem ber 1935 for M itrovsky and his family. M itrovsky, in co llaboration w ith W alter, took m orphine instead of these medicines, and du ring th e t im e m entioned , W a lte r gave M itrovsky 203 gram m es of morphine. W alter had also given M itrovsky p r iv a te ly doses of m orphine considerably larger th an those giveninstead of the medicines prescribed b y th e doctor, bu t i t has no t been possible to find outexac tly how much.

4. The case is pending.

No. 518. — Seizures at Bangkok on May 7th and in July, August and September 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e Siamese G overnm ent, F eb rua ry 17th, 1937.

1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 1 kg. 803 grs.Cough pills : 112 bott les of pills conta in ing morphine

hydrochloride, percen tage no t known.The cough pills were m anufac tu red b y Dr. T ang Shi Yee, of

S h an g h a i , 1 an d were shipped on the s.s. Ardent (Chinese), from Hong-

2. The person im plica ted in th e seizure of cough pills was a Chinese m erchant a t Bangkok, nam ed L im -pak-cane. There were 98 persons im plicated in th e seizures of morphine, 93 of w hom were Chinese labourers and 5 of w hom were Siamese labourers a t Bangkok.

3. There were eighty-five cases concerning the seizure of m orphine and one concerning the seizure of th e pills. 1 kg. 440 grs. of m orphine was k ep t for purifying and the rest was destroyed. The cough pills were confiscated.

4. As it was the first offence in th e case of the Chinese m erchan t , he was not prosecuted. In th e o th e r cases, fines were inflicted rang ing from 0.32 to 206.49 ticals.

No. 519. — Seizure at Taxim, Istanbul, on July 7th, 1936. R eport com m unicated by theT urk ish G overnm ent in i ts annua l report for 1936, March 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Morphine : 4 kg. 500 grs.Raw opium : 500 grammes.

27888/26601. 2. Persons im plica ted : Léon Kirkor, res tauran t-keeper, and hiswife, Louise ; Ropin.

3. The police searched th e re s ta u ra n t k ep t b y Kirkor and found the drugs in a sack under a bed.

4. The case is pending.

No. 520. — Seizure at Jersey City, New Jersey, September 5th and 6th, 1936, ex the s.s- “ Exochorda ” , coming from Beirut, Syria. Reports com m unicated by the G overnm ent of th e U n ited Sta tes of America, J a n u a ry 11th and 25th,1937.

1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 483 gram m es (17 oz.).Codeine : 2 gram m es ( 1 / 1 6 oz.). Label : “ Compresse di

Codeina e Terpina per la tosse. Uso : 2-3 al giorno. Prep, delle Form. P esce tto Via Balbi, 31 — Via S. Felice.”

The m orphine was in nine boxes covered w ith a brown glazed paper resem bling th e gra ining of wood. Boxes of a similar design, bu t no t of

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.151.

1-281/388(322).

R eports Nos. 601 and 601(a).

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.190.

13229/388(2).

Reference :

27848/26601.

1 See docum ent C.124.M.77.1937.XI[O.C.S.300(c)], page 22, No. 399 ; pages 36-37, Nos. 445 and 448; and No. 586 of this document.

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the sam e size, were seized from Silvio G latz 1 and Gabriel Lo Buono a t New 'Y ork on J a n u a ry 5 th , 1935. The defendants in t h a t case s ta te d t h a t th e containers originated in I ta ly , and expert exam ina tion disclosed t h a t th ey were of a ty p e n o t m an u fac tu red in th e U n ited States.

2. Persons im plicated : E rich Schiller, A m erican, b u tch e r on th e Exochorda ; Pedro Cueto, A m erican, p a n try m a n on th e Exochorda ; Cordelliano, an I ta lian a t Naples ; Khaled Jaz a and K hodre Djaza, Syrians, of Beirut.

3. Following the arrival of the Exochorda a t Je rsey City, Customs Agents searched Cueto as he cam e ashore and found one deck of m orphine concealed on his person. A thorough search of th e vessel th en resu lted in the discovery of th e nine cardboard boxes conta in ing the rest of th e m orph ine in the ice-box. Cueto s ta ted t h a t th e m orphine was given to h im in Naples b y Cordelliano, who inform ed him t h a t th ey conta ined heroin. Cordelliano instructed him to secrete the boxes on board ship and, before doing so, to ta k e one of th e cubes from one of the boxes. On arrival a t New York, Cueto was to deliver th is cube to a m an who would come aboard th e ship carrying a new spaper u n d er his left a rm and ano the r new spaper in his r igh t hand . The balance of th e m orph ine was to be given to th is m an. Cueto arranged with Schiller to secrete th e narcotic drugs in th e ice-box, b u t he did n o t inform Schiller as to the conten ts of th e packages. In C ueto ’s locker w as found a passbook of the S eam en’s B ank for Savings, N ew Y ork , in his nam e, showing t h a t he h ad opened an account th e re on February 27th, 1936, w ith a deposit of $1,000 and t h a t on May 25th , 1936, he had w ithd raw n $600 from this am o u n t. There was also found on his person a p u rch aser’s receipt issued to him on May 25th , 1936, b y th e B anca Commerciale I ta l ian a T ru s t Com pany, New York, for a draft in th e am o u n t of $750 to th e order of K hodre D jaza a t Beirut. Cueto also had a card in his possession read ing : “ K haled Jaza , surnom m é Yafawi, B eiru t ” , on th e back of which was w ri t ten “ P .O .B ox.804 ” , A similar card was found on Schiller. Copies of th is repo rt have been sen t to th e F ren ch and I ta l ian G overnm ents.

On J a n u a r y 25 th , 1937, th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America forwarded a t ran s la tio n of a rep o rt of th e Sûreté générale a t B eiru t, received from th e F rench High Commissioner, covering th e investigation of K haled Jaz a and K hodre Djaza. This report s ta tes t h a t K ha led Jaza , also know n as Y aw afi or A bou Marouf, is an Algerian under French pro tec tion , m anager of a café in th e Assour q u a r te r of B eiru t and a notorious illicit drug trafficker. This ind iv idua l was questioned, b u t denied hav ing received cheques from America or know ing Cueto. Nevertheless, th e visiting-cards found on Cueto and Schiller were marked exactly like his. Moreover, i t wras he w ho endorsed and cashed a t th e B anca di R om a, on J u n e 9 th , 1936, a cheque in th e am o u n t of $750 ; th en , on A ugust 11th, he cashed another cheque for $500 a t the b ank ing firm of Messrs. George and F a ta l lah Kassir. His son, Khodre D jaza, is a dealer in tobacco products . He also denies hav ing received cheques from America or know ing Pedro Cueto. As b o th these persons have failed to com ply w ith th e provisions of Decree No. 215-LR , of S ep tem ber 14th, 1935, which regula tes th e admission and registration of aliens, an d as th e ir presence in the L ev an t appears to be d is tinc tly undesirable, a decree of expulsion has been issued w ith regard to them .

4. Cueto was sentenced to eighteen m o n th s ’ im prisonm ent and Schiller to six months.

No. 521. — Seizure at Nogales, Arizona, on October 2nd, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by G overnm ent of the U n ited S ta tes of America, Decem ber 29th, 1936.

1(a). Purported morphine hydrochloride : 85 gram m es (3 oz.). In th ree 1-oz. bottles each bearing a label representing i t as th e product of E. Merck, D a rm stad t . This label, a pho tograph of which is in the archives of the Secretaria t, is obviously a forgery.

2. Persons im plicated : Lyle D. Kelly, Leslie L. Sw artz andC. T. Sw artz ; all A m erican citizens.

3. Police officers a t Nogales arrested th e accused in possession of the drug. They ad m it ted t h a t th e y h ad purchased the bottles in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The conten ts of the b o tt le s were su b m itted to a chemist, who s ta ted th a t th ey contained pyrogallic acid, a non-narcotic substance.

4. T he cases against the defendants will p robab ly be dismissed.

No. 522. — Seizure at Portland, Oregon, December 2nd, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, D ecem ber 29th , 1936, and F e b ru a ry 26th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 3 k g . 10 grs . (106 oz.) . NoO.C.S./Conf.l53. i d e n t i f y in g m a r k s o r la b e ls . C o n t a in e d in t h r e e p a s t e b o a r d b o x e s w h ic h1281/388(318). w e re o r d i n a r y s h i r t c o n t a in e r s . T hey w e re en c lo se d in a la rg e p a s t e ­

b o a r d b o x la b e l l e d “ B ab y B ear ” B ran d S h e r r y W in e , San G a b r ie l W in e R eports Nos. 602 Co., Inc., New Y o r k . S tam ped in b l a c k i n k o n t h e b o x was t h e n u m b e rand 602(a). 86956. The m o r p h i n e w a s of v ery h ig h grade, b e in g p r a c t i c a l l y p u r e .

the

Reference : O .C.S ./Conf.l53.

1281/388(314).

R e p o rt No. 597.

1 See docum ents C.156.M.85.1935.XI[O.C.294(ui)], page 27, and C.430.M.221.1935.XI[O.C.294(y)], page 3, No. 153°

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2. Persons im plica ted : Yee Sing, Chinese ; L. P. K ing and H. B. Harris, bo th fictitious persons.

3. On N ovem ber 30th , 1936, th e chief clerk of th e R ailw ay Express Agency in P o rtland in form ed th e Customs officers t h a t he w as suspicious of a package received addressed to L. P. K ing an d t h a t he believed th e package conta ined narcotics. He fur ther s ta ted th a t a driver for his co m p an y h ad endeavoured to m ake a delivery of th e package, b u t could not locate a person of t h a t n am e a t t h a t address, and re tu rn ed th e package to the m ain office. He added th a t , on N ovem ber 28th , tw o Chinese came to his office an d a t tem p ted to obtain delivery of th e package, b u t were unable to produce sufficient identification. Investigations a t New Y ork disclosed t h a t th e address of th e sender of th e package, H. B. Harris, was fictitious an d no one of t h a t nam e could be located. The San Gabriel Wine Co. proved to be a repu tab le firm an d a n official of th e com pany s ta ted th a t , w hen consignments of wine were received, th e pas teb o a rd conta iners were th ro w n o u t on th e sidewalk and t h a t anyone who so desired could p ick th e m u p and ca rry th e m aw ay. I t was ascerta ined th a t the address of the consignee in P o r t lan d , 212 S.W. Second S treet, was th e h ead q u arte rs of the Chinese Tong, “ The F o u r B rothers Society ” , ce rta in m em bers of which have been under investigation asnarcotic traffickers. On D ecem ber 2nd, Customs officers, m ain ta in ing a w atch a t the RailwayExpress Office, ap p rehended Yee Sing a f te r he had called and tak e n delivery of the suspicious package. The package was opened an d found to enclose th e th ree pasteboard containers each conta in ing m orphine.

4. Yee Sing will be prosecuted.

No. 523. — Seizure at San Francisco, on October 13th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Nanman Maru ” , coming from Yokohama. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, Decem ber 29th , 1936.

1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 5 gramm es. In one bottle , which bore th e label of th e “ J a p a n P harm aceu tica l E s tab lishm ent, Osaka ” . P ho to g rap h s of th e label are in th e archives of th e Secretariat.

2. There was no arrest.

3. U pon th e arrival of the N a n m a n M aru a t San Francisco,Custom s Agents discovered th e m orphine flask lying f la t behind other

bottles in th e m edicine locker of th e ship. The store list of the vessel conta ined th e following s ta tem en t : “ Usual medical s tores — no narcotics The drugs were confiscated.

No. 524. — Seizure at Stephenville, Texas, September 21st, 1936. R eport communicated b y th e G overnm en t of the U nited S ta tes of America, F e b ru a ry 24th, 1937.

1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 238 gram m es ( 8 oz. 161 grains). No iden tify ing m arks or labels.

2. Persons im plica ted : Johnn ie W alker and Reedy Epps ; both Am ericans.

3. N arcotic Agents, ac ting on in form ation t h a t Epps was to deliver a q u a n t i ty of m orph ine to W alker, w aited a t the alleged point of delivery

and a t te m p te d to a r res t b o th persons when th e y m et. W alker resisted arrest, shot and dangerously w ounded one ag en t and a t te m p te d to ru n down ano the r as he escaped in his car. As he fled, he th rew th e packages con ta in ing the m orphine o u t of the car. He was later arrested a t F o r t W o r th . E pps has n o t y e t been arrested .

4. W alker is now held in defau lt of bond, aw aiting trial.

Note. — Seizures of m orph ine were also m ade in connection w ith th e following cases, which included seizures of o ther drugs and w hich have been sum m arised under appropria te headings :

Case No. 453, u n d e r “ P a r t II A ” .Case No. 463, u n d e r “ R aw O pium ”.Case No. 543, u n d e r “ Heroin ” .

Q u a n t i t i e s o f M o r p h i n e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1936

12 kg. 39 grs.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.195.

1281/388(340).

R eport No. 625.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l53.

1281/388(316).

R eport No. 599.

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4. H E R O IN .

No. 525. — Seizure at Han Tan Railway Station, Hopei, on October 27th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y the Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e A dvisory Committee March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 3 kg. 23 grs. (5 catties, gross weight).

2. Persons im plicated : Chiang Tsan Y uan , alias Chin K w ang ; Chin Ming ; W u ; all Koreans.

3. W hen the tra in from Peiping arrived a t H an Tan, Chiang Tsan Y u a n was seen to aligh t dressed in a loosely f i t t ing gown an d w ith no luggage. When questioned b y th e ra ilw ay police, he could n o t answer coherently , and i t seemed strange th a t he should have come all th e w ay from Peiping w ith o u t luggage. He was therefore searched and th e search revealed th ree w hite ru b b e r belts of heroin wound around his w aist an d legs. In his coa t pocke t were 15 yuan and 10 cents, two books and a pencil-sketched m ap of H an Tan, W u A n an d She Hsien. Chiang Tsan Y u an s ta ted t h a t he had in tended to sell th e heroin and t h a t his b ro th e r Chin Ming and W u had asked him to come first and one of th em wTould follow la te r to help h im dispose of th e d rug ; th e y th en in tended to go on to W u An and She Hsien.

4. Chiang Tsan Y u an was handed over to the J ap an ese Consulate in Chengchow for trial.

No. 526. — Seizure at Hsing Tai Station, Hopeh Province, China, on August 21st, 1936.R eport com m unica ted by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 15 kg. 500 grs. Gross weight. In twelve packages, eleven of W hich bore th e following m arks : “ Sung Chi No. 2 ” , “ Sung Chi No. 4 ”, “ Sung Chi No. 6 ” , “ Sung Chi No. 7 ” , “ Chun Chi No. 2 ”,“ Chun Chi No. 3 ” , “ Chun Chi No. 4 ”, “ Chun Chi No. 12 ” , “ Chun

Chi No. 13 ” , “ Chin Chi ”, “ Chih Chi ” ; no m ark or label was found on t h e last package.

2. Person im plicated : Sun H sueh-ting, Korean.

3. W hen th e Peip ing-H ankow tra in a rrived a t Hsing Tai S ta t io n on A ugust 21st, a man was seen hu rr ied ly leaving th e t ra in w ith a red lea ther case. On being questioned, he insisted t h a t he w as K orean and, a f te r m uch resistance, his case was finally opened and searched, revealing th e heroin. Sun H sueh-ting could produce neither passport no r o th e r ca rd of identifica tion . H e wore Chinese dress, and he could speak and w rite Chinese v ery well. W h en questioned , he ad m itted t h a t he was a Korean, and t h a t he had been asked by his fa th e r to b ring th e drugs to Yen Tai S ta tion an d to deliver th em to a m an carry ing two flash­lights.

4. He was first handed over to th e A dm in is tra tive Supervisory Commissioner’s Bureau of th e F ir s t Area of H onan w ith all re la tive docum ents and evidence. L ate r , a f te r his iden ti ty as a K orean was confirmed, he was handed over to th e Jap an ese Consulate in Chengchow for trial.

No. 527. — Seizure at Hsing Tai Station, Hopeh Province, China, on September 4th, 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory C om mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 3 kg. Gross weight.

2. Person im plicated : Chu W en-ching, alias Chu W en-ho, Korean.

3. Chu W en-ching was found to have concealed on his person tw elve ru b b e r pouches of heroin, weighing 3 kg. He had no passport

w ith him, b u t on ly a th ird-class t icke t from Peip ing to Hsing Tai. He ad m it ted t h a t he was asked b y one M. Tsui of Peiping (ano ther K orean, whose b ro th e r was once th e owner and super in ten d en t of the Tsi Seng H ospital in Hsing Tai) to carry th e d rug to Hsing Tai and th a t he wTas to have received 14 or 15 y u an a f te r its safe delivery.

4. T he d rug was sent to the b ranch office of th e O pium Suppression Supervisory Bureau in H o n an , while Chu W en-Ching was handed over to the A dm in is tra tive Supervisory Com m issioner’s B ureau of th e F irs t Area of H onan and la ter to th e Japanese Consulate in ChengchowT for tria l.

No. 528. — Seizure at Pukow Railway Station, Kiangsu, on December 12th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e A dvisory Committee, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 11 kg. 500 grs. In tw o cloth sacks in tw o baskets.

2. Persons im plicated : Kao K w ang Tui, a Korean, resident in th e Jap an ese Concession, T ientsin ; W ang, a Chinese.

3. On D ecem ber 12th, th e ra ilw ay police of th e Tsin-Pu Railway were notified b y te lephone t h a t K ao K w ang Tui, who had a T ien tsin-Shanghai t icke t on the T ien ts in -S hanghai th ro u g h tra in , and who was carry ing tw o rush baskets , had refused to be

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.218.

14177/388.

Reference : Q.C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.218.

14177/388.

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exam ined. The ra ilw ay police reques ted t h a t he be detained and exam ined when the train reached P ukow . On th e arrival of the tra in a t t h a t s ta tion , officials boarded th e tra in and questioned the accused. On exam ina tion , th e baskets were found nea tly covered with w rappers p u rp o r t in g to be those of a fru it store. N o t on ly did Kao K w ang Tui refuse to be exam ined, b u t he th rea ten e d the officials w ith a pa ir of scissors. These, however, were taken awray from him af te r a s truggle and th e heroin was found in th e tw o baskets. Kao K w ang Tui said t h a t he had been asked b y W an g to bring th e heroin from T ients in to Shanghai, for which he was to receive 50 y u an . He s ta te d t h a t he did n o t know W a n g ’s address and th a t he was to deliver th e heroin to W ang , who wras supposed to m eet h im a t Shanghai station.

4. T he accused was handed over to th e Jap an ese Consulate-General in N anking together w ith his baggage. T he heroin w7as sen t to the Pengpu office of th e Opium Suppression Supervisory B ureau .

No. 529. — Seizure at North Station, Shanghai, on July 22nd, 1936. R eport communicated b y th e Chinese R ep re sen ta t iv e on the A dvisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 4 kg. 410 grs.

2. Person im p lica ted : Susumi Ikeda, Japanese.

3. On J u ly 22nd, 1936, th e ra ilw ay police and Customs officers of th e W uhsi-Shanghai section of the N anking-Shanghai tra in seized six

parcels of heroin, which were found in th e possession of Ikeda wTho was travelling from Tientsin to Shanghai.

4. The co n trab an d drugs w'ere de ta ined a t the Custom s and th e trafficker was handed over to th e Japanese Consulate b y the b ran ch office of th e Public Safe ty Bureau a t th e N orthe rn S ta tion .

No. 530. — Seizure at North Station, Shanghai, on October 26th, 1936. B eport com­m unica ted by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 27 kg. 600 grs. No m arks or labels.

2. Person im plica ted : M urayam a, Japanese .

3. The hero in wras found by Custom s officers in the handbag of M urayam a w hen he arrived a t Shanghai. He claimed th a t he was a

m em ber of th e M ilitary A t ta c h é ’s B u reau of th e Japanese E m bassy in China. According to a rep o rt of th e police d e p a r tm e n t of the F ren ch Concession in Shanghai, i t is suspected th a t the d ru g was m an u fac tu red b y a ce rta in fac to ry in th e Japanese Concession in Tientsin.

4. He was h anded over to the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai for trial. The drug was confiscated.

No. 531. — Seizure at Shunteh Station, Hopeh Province, China, on June 17th, 1936. Beport com m unica ted b y the Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 17 kg. Contained in a biscuit-box, in twelveQ uaker O ats tins, five dried vegetable tins and one wdrite cloth parcel,wrhich w'ere discovered in a red suit-case belonging to the accused.

2. Person im plica ted : Keijiro K aw aguchi, Japanese ; former in te rp re te r of th e K w a n tu n g A rm y H ead q u ar te rs .

3. K aw aguchi, on alighting a t S h u n teh from the Peip ing-H ankow express tra in ,a t t ra c te d th e a t ten t io n of the police b y his suspicious behaviour. He wTas requested to cometo the s ta t io n m a s te r ’s office, where he was questioned. An exam ination of his luggage revealed th e heroin. W hen firs t questioned, Kawraguchi first gave a false name, bu t, afte r close questioning, he gave his real nam e and presented his certificate of iden ti ty issued by the Com m ander of the K oupeikou garrison.

4. The police sent him, to g e th er w ith the seized heroin, to the com peten t au thorities in H onan Province, who, according to regulations, confiscated th e con trab an d drug and handed the trafficker over to th e Japanese Consulate in Chengchow for trial.

No. 532. — Seizure at Ta Chi Men Station, Hankow, Hupeh Province, China, on April 5th,1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the Chinese R epresenta tive on the A dvisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 2 kg. 158 grs. (4.75 lb.). Gross wreight. No labels or m ark ings. C ontained 89.6 % of heroin.

2. Persons im plicated : Li He-lu and W oo Ching-shu ; both K oreans.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 174.

14177/388.

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3. W h en th e Peip ing -H ankow express arrived a t Ta Chi Men s ta tion , exam ining officers discovered th re e packages of heroin in th e suit-case of th e accused. Li Hê-lu stated t h a t he w orked in a wine an d sauce shop in Peip ing ; he was arrested when he got o u t of the t ra in w ith th e drug. W oo Ching-shu s ta te d t h a t he was connected w ith a Jap an ese store in T ung-L o Cheng, Shanha ikuan , and th a t he only m e t Li for the firs t t im e in th e tra in . He claimed t h a t he h ad no baggage and t h a t th e suit-case con ta in ing th e d rug did no t belong to him.

4. Li an d W oo were sent to th e H ankow Municipal G overnm ent and th e la t te r handed th e m over to th e Japanese Consulate-General in H an k o w for trial. The heroin was confiscated.

No. 533. — Seizure at Tai Yuan, Shansi Province, China, September 27th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e A dvisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Heroin : 11 kg. 64 6 % grs. (19 catties 4 liangs).O.C. ./Conf.174. 2. Persons im plica ted : Chujo and Ichimori, bo th Jap an ese ; one14177/388. Chinese.

3. Two Japanese and a Chinese carry ing tw o suit-cases were de ta ined a t th e T a iy u an s ta tion b y officers of th e local public safe ty bu reau w hen th e y were ab o u t to b u y th e ir tickets . As th e y refused to subm it them selves to exam ina tion , th ey were ta k e n to th e provincial public safe ty bureau , which, in con junction w ith two representatives of th e Jap an ese M ilitary A t ta c h é ’s office as well as m em bers of th e garrison headquarters , carried o u t th e necessary exam ina tion . The heroin was found in th e suit-cases.

4. Chujo and Ichim ori were sent to th e Japanese Consulate in Chengchow for trial. The Chinese was sen t to Y ang Chu Hsien for pun ishm ent.

No. 534. — Seizure at Central Station, Tientsin, August 1st, 1936. R ep o rt com m unicated by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e A dvisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Heroin : 7 kg . In f o r ty - f o u r p a c k a g e s .

2. Person im plicated : K ing Sih Che, K orean ; H a ru d a , a Japanese. 14177/388. 3 . K ing Sih Che was found to have th e heroin in his possession.

H e said t h a t his fa ther, K ing Tsai Lu, operated the K ai Y u n commercial firm in th e w estern section, Sung Tao S treet, Japanese Concession, T ientsin . He further confessed t h a t H a ru d a , a friend of his fa ther, had asked him to ca rry th e heroin to Po Tou Chen (S han tung province) and to deliver th e sam e to a Chinese w hom he knew only by sight. H e received s ix teen Chinese dollars for his p a r t in smuggling th e drug.

4. The heroin was confiscated and destroyed. K ing wras handed over to th e Japanese Consulate Police in T ien tsin for trial.

No. 535. — Illicit Retail Sale of Heroin by Koreans and Japanese in the International Settlement, Shanghai, between October 1st and December 31st, 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted b v th e Shanghai Municipal Council, J a n u a ry 14th, 1937.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.171.

13103/388.

K in Zai Shih, Sai Zun Ki,K in Ko Bin,Li Kei Yoh,Tei San Sei,Liu Shei Shun, W u Ten Fukee, Li Toku Liang, Boku J u n Bun, Lin Shun Bai, Li Sho B an,K in Ei Yu,K in T etsu Gen, Gen To Shin,

1(a). Heroin : 817 grammes (283/4 oz.).

2. Persons im plicated : F if ty - th ree K oreans

W on Sho Shun, R y u In Ko, Boku Gin Kyo, Sai Sho Ling, Ko Mei Shuku, K im Teu Un,Li To Gyoku, R y u Dai F u k u , Li Sho Zin,Tei K o k u Ichi, K in Zin Ko,Li R en Zan,So Se Do,Tei Shei K an,

Kin Sho Shoku, Tei In Fuku ,Li I Ru,Li Ko Tei,K y a Shi Kon, Li K a n K yu, Zau K yo Chin, Chi So Ko,K an Kei Shei, Chi In Yo,Kyo I Shing, Kyo Chi Go, Zau Shou Ko, Sai Ho Kyo,

Li Sei Ei,K im T stsu Sen, K im Kei Koku, K im Mu Sei, K im Shun Taku, W ong K oh Zen, R y u Y ui Ko,Tei Ki Do, alias

Shui K i Geu, K in K a h u Kei, K yo Kei Lieu,Ri E i Rin.

Nine Jap an ese : Masao Sugano, Masao K aw ahara , T ak am a Terada, Gunji Motoyoshi, Shigeyaki H irano , S. Yano, R y u sak u Suzuura , Sugitaro Toyoshugi and I. Tashiro.

3. The defendan ts were arres ted following th e sale of heroin to de tec t iv es ’ in fo rm e rs on various dates betw een October 1st and D ecem ber 31st, 1936.

4. E leven of th e accused were deported to K orea or J a p a n af te r th e prosecution had been suspended ; one was sentenced to six m o n th s ’, one to two m o n th s ’, an d one to one m o n th ’s

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im prisonm en t ; t e n were fined from 20 yen to 80 yen. The prosecution was suspended for the period of one y ea r in th e case of th ir te en persons, while one was discharged and twenty-four were still on rem an d a t th e end of Decem ber 1936.

No. 536. — Seizure at Alexandria, December 22nd, 1936. R eport com m unicated by the C entra l N arcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, March 8 th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). H eroin : 6.60 gramm es.0-C.S./Conf.207. « r. ■ _

2 . Persons im plicated : A lexandre Argyris Macns, British ; George28338/387. E m m an u e l L arras , Greek ; Rizo Nicolaou E fsta tios , Greek, local subject ;

P e tro Argyris Maoris, B ritish ; Gabriel Andreas Cannakis, Greek ; S tam a ti Leonidas D ouras, Greek, local subject ; George C onstan tin Politis, Greek, local subject ;

3. On receipt of in fo rm ation th a t A lexandre Macris was dealing in heroin, a confidant of th e B ureau was sen t to o b ta in samples from h im w ith m arked money. The confidant got into touch w ith Macris. A fte r twro visits, th e confidan t m e t th e agents of the Bureau near Macris’ house and gave th em 2 . 2 0 gram m es of heroin as a sample together w ith a syringe, with which Macris had in jected him w ith a small q u a n t i ty of heroin, and the paper which had conta ined th e heroin and which still bore traces of th e drug. A t th a t m om ent, Larras appeared an d th e confidan t po in ted him ou t as an accomplice of Macris, whereupon he was a rres ted an d the m ark ed m oney w as found on him. The agents th en raided th e house and the rest of the gang was arres ted . A n eye-dropper and a hypoderm ic needle w rapped in a Greek, new spaper were found on a bed, an d on th e tab le in th e same room was found a small balance such as is used for the w eighing-out of drugs. A p ap e r con ta in ing 4.40 gramm es of heroin was found on th e roof, and in a d raw er in an inner room was found a q u a n t i ty of white glacé paper cu t in to str ips and ap p a ren t ly read y for use in th e m aking of heroin packets, whilst two daggers of Turk ish design were found a t th e b o t to m of the same drawer.

4. T he B ritish Consular C ourt sen tenced A lexandre Macris to twelve m o n th s’ imprison­m en t and acq u i tted P e tro Macris. The Greek Consular Court sentenced Cannakis and L arras to tw o m o n th s ’ im p riso n m en t each. T he Narcotics S u m m ary N ative Court sentenced D ouras to tw elve m o n th s ’ im p riso n m en t and a fine of £E200 and E fstha tios and Politis to six m o n th s ’ im p riso n m en t a n d a fine of £E30 each.

No. 537. — Seizure at Detroit, Michigan, December 10th, 1936. R eport com m unicated by th e G overnm en t of th e U n ited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th, 1937.

1(a). Heroin m ixed with laclose : 713 gram m es (10,969.11 grains).Label : H adji Ala B aba. The boxes were w hite and each bore a

red label showing th ree camels w ith riders on a desert, in black. The sealing s trip on each box was red and the le ttering “ H ad ji Ala Baba ”was black. The ends of th e boxes were sealed w ith round red labelsbearing in b lack th e figure of a w om an tennis p layer in the ac t of serving.

The d rug itself was in t r a n s p a re n t envelopes inside the boxes.

2. Person im plicated : Sa lva to re Vitale, alias Sam Vitale and Sam Russo, Italian subject.

3. S alvatore Vitali has been a rres ted several t im es previously, b u t i t has no t been possible definitely to connect him w ith th e d rug traffic. Following an investigation, however, he was arrested on D ecem ber 10th, 1936, as he was ab o u t to deliver the heroin to an informant.

4. His bond was set a t $25,000 and he was held in defau lt thereof aw aiting trial.

No. 538. — Seizure at Louisville, Kentucky, on October 23rd, 1936. R eport com m unicated th e G overnm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 545 gram m es (19 oz. 7 8 % grains). In tw en ty ca rd b o ard boxes, blue w ith yellow border, bearing the likeness of a “ K icking Mule ”, w ith yellow labels sealing the boxes bearing the word “ Mule

2. Person im plicated : W illiam E vans, alias George W. Em merson, A m erican.

3. A c ting on info rm ation t h a t E v an s was receiving narcotics th rough th e post, Narcotic Agents a r res ted h im w hen a package addressed to George W . Em m erson in Louisville, c/o H arley ’s K ey Shop, was claim ed b y E vans . This package conta ined th e heroin. The consignor was a Mrs. R . E m m erson a t New Y ork. B oth the nam es used as consignor and consignee were fictitious.

4. E v an s was sentenced to five y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 539. — Illicit Traffic at New York and Baltimore in November and December 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, M arch 22nd, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 1 kg. 307 grs. (45 oz. 446 grains). No identifying m arks or labels.

2. Persons im plicated : George Corrigan ; Leslie R obert R u th er ­ford ; Charles McAvoy, alias “ Mickey ” ; A r th u r de V ita ; Ben K ram er ; Je s te r Russel : Americans.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.212.

1281/388(346).

R eport No. 631.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 165.

1281/388(333).

R eport No. 616.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 164.

1281/388 (334).

R e p o rt No. 617.

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3. As a resu lt of purchases by N arcotic Agents of ab o u t |568 gram m es of heroin from Corrigan an d R utherfo rd , arrangem ents were m ade w ith these persons to deliver a fu r th e r q u a n t i ty of heroin to either Baltim ore or W ashington, D.C. Accordingly, on D ecem ber 6 th , Corrigan, accom panied by M cAvoy and de Vita, m otored from New York to B altim ore. The th ree were arrested upon th e ir arr ival a t Baltim ore and 739 gram m es of heroin were found in th e autom obile. K ram er and Russel, accomplices of Corrigan, were also arrested a t B altim ore on th e same day, while R utherfo rd was arrested a t New Y ork on Decem ber 7 th .

4. Corrigan was sentenced to three y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent. The cases aga inst McAvoy and de Vita were dismissed, while th e o ther cases are pending.

No. 540. — Seizure at New York in November and December 1936. R eport com m unicated the G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a r y 25 th , 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 871 gram m es (30 oz. 285 grains). No identifying m arks or labels. T he heroin w as in seven decks of plain white paper and in eight 1 -oz. bags and forty-four y2-oz. bags of plain w hite waxed paper.

2. Persons im plicated : Jo seph C. Rogers, J o h n Cuneo and Samuel Levine, all Americans.

3. Following the purchase by N arcotic Agents of t e n paper decks con ta in ing heroin, Rogers and Cuneo were arrested and the re s t of th e heroin was found concealed in th e premises occupied b y them . Investiga tion showed th a t Levine was the ac tua l owner of th e heroin, b u t he has n o t to date been apprehended .

4. Rogers and Cuneo were bo th sentenced to tw o y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 541. — Seizure at New York, January 15th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Paris ”, from Le Havre,R ep o rt com m unicated b y the G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America. F e b ru a ry 26th, 1937.

1(a). Heroin : 1 kg. 496 grs. (3 lb. 4 u / 1 6 oz.). In th ree packages which consisted of an ou ter w rapp ing of o rd inary brow n paper, bearing a p ink label reading : “ This package conta ins 500 F irm . Quality Cognac S.C. Total No. de Packages R em it to No. ... ” Inside the brow n-paper wrappings were blue envelopes lined w ith w hite tissue, such as are used b y druggists. The bo ttom s of th e blue envelopes

were reinforced w ith red paper. The heroin in each envelope was w rapped in a cellophane conta iner. The packages bore no o ther d istinguishing marks.

2. Person im plicated : A lexandre P ierre Marie Rio, French, cleaner on the s.s. Paris.

3. Rio was arrested a t New Y ork as he a t te m p te d to smuggle two packages of heroin ashore concealed u n d e r his socks an d secured to his ankles by strips of cloth. A search of his q u ar te rs resu lted in the discovery of a th i rd p ap e r package of heroin h idden u n d er his m a ttre ss on his bunk . Rio s ta ted th a t a person know n to him only as “ V ictor 3 , 1 had given th e heroin to h im a t Le H avre and had paid him 200 francs for carrying th e drugs to the U nited S ta tes and smuggling th em ashore a t New York. H e had ins truc ted Rio to hold the heroin on th e ship un ti l he was accosted b y a “ tall F renchm an ” who would give himinstruc tions as to th e delivery of th e packages. The nam e of th e “ tall F ren c h m a n ” has beenascerta ined and he is now under investigation. One of the original packages, to g e th er w ith the o ther wrappings, has been forwarded to the F rench G overnm ent by th e U n ited S ta tes au thorities . The sworn s ta te m e n t of Rio has also been t ra n sm it te d to th e F rench G overnm ent.

4. Rio was sentenced to im prisonm ent for two years on th e first count, five years on th e second coun t an d five years on th e th i rd count, all sentences to run concurrently . Total sentence, five years.

No. 542. — Seizure at New York, January 28th and 29th, 1937. R eport com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, March 17th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Heroin : 505 gram m es (17 oz. 340 grains). M arked “ 1 oz.0 .c .s . /c o n f .2 0 4 . 100 % pure ” .

1281/388(344). Codeine : 4 gram m es (65 grains).

2. Persons im plicated : Jam es O ’Rourke, a t t e n d a n t a t a hospital a t S ta ten Island ; T hom as Carney ; Max Sprung ; M artin Miller : all Americans.

3. The au thorities , ac ting on in fo rm ation t h a t O’Rourke was dealing in narcotics, got in to co n tac t w ith him and obta ined in troductions to his associates, Carney, Sprung and

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 196.

1281/388(341).

R e p o r t No. 626.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.170.

1281/388(330).

R e p o rt No. 613.

1 See case No. 454 of this document.

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Miller. On J a n u a ry 28th , 142 gram m es of heroin were bought from Carney and 142 grammes from S prung and Miller. W hen these th ree were arrested the following day, 199 grammes of heroin and 4 gram m es of codeine were found in th e ir possession.

4. O’R ourke was sentenced to two years a t th e Lexington, K entucky , Narcotic Farm . Carney was sentenced to five y e a rs ’ im prisonm ent. The cases aga inst Sprung and Miller are still pending.

No. 543. — Seizure at San Antonio, Texas, on December 5th, 1936. R eport communicated th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, March 24th, 1937.

1(a). H ero in : 4 kg. 985 grs. (175 oz. 225 grains).Morphine hydrochloride : 943 g ram m es (33 oz. 94 grains).

T he heroin w as labelled “ H adji Ala B aba ” . The morphine bore no label.

2. Persons im plicated : H ow ard G ran t, a city detective of San A ntonio ; Charley B eland : b o th Americans.

3. On D ecem ber 5 th , 1936, ra ilroad employees a t San Antonio tu rned over to local narcotic agents a suit-case w hich th ey had found under a seat in a Pu llm an car of a train arriv ing from F o r t W o r th . The suit-case conta ined th e heroin and morphine. Shortly afterw ards, G ran t m ade enquiries ab o u t th e suit-case and arrangem en ts were made to deliver it to h im a t his home. He was th e n arrested . Beland was suspected of being the person who forwarded th e suit-case to G ra n t and he was also arrested .

4. T he case against Beland was dismissed ; t h a t of G ran t is pending.

Note. — Seizures of heroin were also m ade in connection w ith th e following cases, which included seizures of o ther drugs and which have been sum m arised under appropria te headings :

Cases Nos. 450, 451, under “ P a r t I IACases Nos. 463, 478, u n d er “ R aw O pium

Q u a n t i t i e s o f H e r o i n s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1936 1937

119 kg. 913 grs. 2 kg. 1 gr.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.216.

1281/388(348).

R eport No. 633.

5. COCAINE.

No. 544. — Illicit Traffic in Alleged Cocaine at Chomutov, Czechoslovakia, in May 1936.R eport com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its report on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Alleged cocaine : 150 grammes.

27848/26601 2. Persons im plicated : Henri Vondras and Louis W alter, ofC hom utov ; A dolphe Lof fier, of K leinthal.

3. The accused were arrested for th e illicit t ran sp o r t and sale of cocaine. Lôffler s ta ted t h a t he had received th e cocaine from an unknow n German subject and t h a t he m ea n t to sell i t w ith th e help of V ondras and W alte r. A chemical analysis proved the d rug to be percaine.

4. The financial au thorit ies of C hom utov sentenced the th ree accused to fines ranging from 20 to 200 crowns and Lôffler and W a lte r in add it io n to five d ay s ’ im prisonm ent.

No. 545. — Seizure at Podëbrady, Czechoslovakia, July 24th, 1936. R eport com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its repo rt on th e illicit traffic in1936, March 30th, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Cocaine : 0.27 g r a m m e .

0 -7 0 , 1 0 ,occni 2. Persons im plicated : Dr. Charles Helich, chem ist ; Marie~ / o4o / .w O L ) V -L • -i—t n 1 r • I • I* r

B anfulova, w aitress in a cafe.

3. The police learned t h a t Marie Fanfu lovâ was receiving cocaine from Dr. Helich an d seized 0.27 g ram m e in her possession. I t was found th a t Dr. Helich had given i t to her w ith o u t a prescrip tion and w ith o u t paym ent.

4. The au thorit ies a t P o d ëb rad y fined Dr. Helich 500 crowns. The result of the judicial proceedings is n o t y e t known.

No. 546. — Illicit Traffic in Cocaine at Prague by Zdenek Benes, discovered in November 1935. R eport com m unica ted by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its re p o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

Reference : 1(6). Cocaine : 1.5 gramm es.

2. Persons im plicated : Zdenëk Benes , 1 formerly a druggist a t' z 4 8 A2 6 6 0 ■ P rague ; Charles Soutor, café waiter.

1 See docum ents C.265.M.135.1935.XI[O.C.'294(æ)], page 37, No. 1684; and C.167.M.103.1936.XI[0,C.S.300], pages 34-35, Nos. 101 and 104.

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3. S o u to r was ta k e n to th e General H ospita l suffering from sym ptom s of poisoning. He s ta te d t h a t he h ad ta k e n th ree cocaine powders which he had b o ugh t from Benes. Benes ad m it ted hav ing sold Soutor 1.5 gram m es of cocaine in all, for 22.50 crowns.

4. The m unicipal au thorities fined Benes 8,000 crowns or th ir ty -s ix d ay s’ im prisonm ent.

No. 547. — Seizure a t Prague, January 15th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e Govern­m en t of Czechoslovakia in its report on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th.1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : Two packets.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Ladislas Bezdëk and Vaclav B lum entrit,27848/26601. b a r-a t ten d a n ts .

3. The au thorit ies h ad suspected Bezdëk for some tim e , and on J a n u a ry 15th he was seen ta lk ing to an unknow n person in th e street. B o th were stopped an d searched, b u t th e unknow n person succeeded in escaping. The place he had been in just before was searched an d the cocaine was found there . B ezdëk s ta ted t h a t he had sold the tw o packets of cocaine to an unknow n person an d th a t he had b ough t th em from Blum entrit for e igh t crowns th e packet. B lu m en tr i t s ta ted t h a t he h ad bough t the cocaine from an u n k n o w n person.

4. The m unicipal au thorities a t P rague sentenced B ezdëk to a fine of 2,000 crowns or tw e n ty d ay s ’ im prisonm ent. The resu lt of th e judicial proceedings in th e case is n o t yet know n.

No. 548. — Traffic in Alleged Cocaine at Prague, discovered on January 24th, 1936. Report com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its rep o rt on the illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Alleged cocaine : Six tubes . Marked w ith a skull bearing th e inscrip tion “ F MG 100 ” .

2. Persons im plicated : Guillaume Jedlicka ; F rançois Mlejnek,unem ployed druggist ; Em ile S tanko, of K irkov ; Jo seph Mucha, of

3. The au thorit ies received info rm ation t h a t Jed licka was trafficking in cocaine and he was arrested on J a n u a ry 24th . No drugs were found on him , b u t he s ta ted t h a t he had throw n a tu b e of cocaine into th e river. F u r th e r investigations led to th e a rres t of Mlejnek and thesix tubes were found in a portfolio belonging to him. Mlejnek denied any par tic ip a t io n in theillicit traffic and declared t h a t Jed licka h ad m ere ly asked h im to tak e the tubes to a rendez­vous and th a t he h ad left th em a t M lejnek’s house. Jed licka a d m it ted t h a t he h ad obtained th e tubes from S tanko th ro u g h Mucha. I t appeared t h a t S tanko had asked Jed licka to sell th e m in P rague for 12,000 crowns. A n analysis of the tu b es proved th a t th e y conta ined no narcotic , b u t pure naph tha line .

No. 549. — Seizure a t Prague, January 25th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its rep o r t on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th , 1937.

1(a). Cocaine : T w enty-one capsules.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Adolphe Weiss, b a r -a t te n d a n t ; Joseph27848/26601. V olkân j1 Joseph Schneider ; Emilie Vopickovâ.

3. Weiss was arrested on J a n u a r y 25 th and th e capsules of cocaine were found in his possession. He ad m it ted t h a t he sold cocaine and t h a t he had bough t the capsules from an u nk n o w n person whose id en ti ty has no t been established. On F e b ru a ry 25th, th e case of Schneider an d Emilie V opickovâ came before th e courts and i t was found t h a t they b o th to o k cocaine. Schneider s ta ted t h a t he had ob ta ined large quan tit ies of cocaine from W eiss and had pa id h im 150 crowns a week for his supplies. Schneider fu r th e r s ta ted th a t he also ob ta ined cocaine from Volkân. B o th Weiss and Volkân denied hav ing supplied Schneider.

4. The m unicipal au thorities a t P rague sentenced Weiss to a fine of 2,000 crowns orto fifteen d ay s ’ im prisonm ent. The result of th e judicial proceedings is n o t y e t known.

No. 550. — Illicit Traffic in Cocaine by Rodolphe Albrecht at Prague, discovered onFebruary 18th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e G overnm en t ofCzechoslovakia in its rep o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th , 1937.

1(6). Cocaine : Q u a n ti ty n o t s ta ted .

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : R odolphe A lb rech t , 2 formerly w aite r a t a27848/26601. P rague café ; Zdenëk B enes , 8 formerly druggist a t Prague.

3. A l b r e c h t wras arrested on F e b ru a ry 1 8 th w ith a c o n s id e ra b le q u a n t i ty of paper capsules such as are em ployed for filling w ith cocaine sold in th e re ta il trade.

1 See docum ent C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], pages 34 and 35, Nos. 101 and 104.2 See case No. 558 of this document.3 See footnote to case No. 546 of this document.

Reference : 27848/26601.

Teplice-Sanov.

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A lbrecht a d m it te d hav ing b o u g h t on F eb ru a ry 15th four large packets of cocaine for 80 crowns from Benes an d hav ing sold th is cocaine to several addic ts . Benes denied having sold this cocaine to A lbrecht.

4. A lbrech t was sen tenced b y th e m unicipal au thorit ies a t Prague to a fine of1,000 crowns. The resu lt of th e judicial proceedings is n o t y e t known.

No. 551. — Illicit Traffic in Cocaine discovered at Prague on February 21st, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y th e G o v ern m en t of Czechoslovakia in its report on* the illicit traff ic in 1936, March 30th , 1937.

1 ( 6 ). Cocaine : Seven packets.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Marie Quietonovâ, p ros ti tu te ; W alter27848/26601. G raf , 1 po r te r a t Prague.

3. Several p ro s t i tu te s were arrested on suspicion of trafficking in cocaine and one of them , Marie Q uietonovâ, a d m it te d t h a t she had t h a t day bought seven packets of cocaine from Graf for 7 crowns and sold it to o ther prosti tu tes . Graf denied th a t he h ad sold cocaine to Marie Q uietonovâ, b u t her s ta te m e n t was confirmed by the other prostitu tes. No cocaine was seized.

4. Q uietonovâ w as sen tenced by th e m unicipal au thorit ies to a fine of 500 crowns or three d ay s ’ im prisonm en t, and G raf to a fine of 1,000 crowns or five days’ imprisonment. The resu lt of th e judicial proceedings is n o t y e t known.

No. 552. — Seizure at Prague on May 19th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the Govern­m en t of Czechoslovakia in i ts rep o rt on the illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th,1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 50 grammes.

Reference : 2. Person im plicated : E m anue l Brejsa.27848/26601. 1 J

3. Brejsa was arrested and a flask con ta in ing the cocaine wasfound on h im . He s ta ted t h a t he had bought it from an unknow n person

for 150 crowns. All a t te m p ts to find th is person have failed, b u t it is suspected th a t thecocaine was sm uggled in to Czechoslovakia.

4. The fiscal au thorit ies a t P rague fined Brejsa 250 crowns. The judicial proceedings are n o t y e t te rm in a te d , as Brejsa is ab sen t from the country .

No. 553. — Seizure at Prague, June 2nd, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the Governm ent of Czechoslovakia in its rep o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride Ten packets.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : G ustave Fiala, dancer ; Vâclav P ecânka , 2

27848/26601. b a r -a t ten d a n t .

3. F ia la was a rres ted and the cocaine found in his possession. He adm it ted t h a t he was an ad d ic t an d had b o u g h t th e cocaine in question from Pecânka. Pecânka s ta ted t h a t the cocaine he had sold to F ia la was some t h a t he had succeeded in hiding when he was a rres ted for cocaine traffic in 1933. A chemical analysis proved th a t it was cocaine hydrochloride m ixed w ith a n o th e r substance , p robab ly phenacetin .

4. The case is pending.

No. 554. — Illicit Traffic in Cocaine at Prague, discovered in October 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its report on the illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th , 1937.

1(6). Cocaine : Q u a n ti ty n o t given.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Charles Stoll, b a r -a t te n d a n t ; Zdenëk2/848/26601. Benes ; 3 F rédéric Ivristufek, of P rague ; W alte r Graf ; 4 Anna Parizkovâ,

waitress ; Jo seph Skâla, electrical engineer ; Ja ro s lav Plicka, dancer.3. A nna P arizkovâ Was t a k e n to hospital, suffering from cocaine poisoning. Enquiries

elicited th e fac t t h a t she had received th e cocaine from Skâla an d Plicka, who s ta ted th a t they h ad ob ta ined i t from Stoll. Stoll ad m it ted t h a t he had given cocaine to Skâla and Plicka and t h a t he, in his tu rn , h ad received it from Benes and Ivristufek. Skâla s ta ted t h a t he had also ob ta ined cocaine from Graf. Benes, Ivristufek and Graf, however, denied having sold cocaine to Stoll or to anyone else.

4. The case is pending.

1 See docum ent C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], page 35, No. 104.2 See case No. 555 of this docum ent.3 See footnote to case No. 546 of this document.1 See case No. 551 of this document.

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No. 555. — Seizure at Prague,November 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e Government of Czechoslovakia in i ts rep o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, M arch 30th , 1937.

1(a). Cocaine : 80 gramm es.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Vaclav P ecânka ; 1 Charles Nemecek.27848/26601.

3. The cocaine was seized in th e possession of Nëmecek, who had offered i t for sale to Pecânka. Nemecek s ta ted th a t he had ob tained it

from an u n k n o w n person in the neighbourhood of Hronov. Up to th e present, i t has n o t been possible to establish th e iden ti ty of this person, b u t th e case is still pending.

No. 556. — Illicit Sale of Cocaine by a Druggist at Prague, discovered in November 1938.R ep o rt com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its report on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(b). Cocaine : 175 grammes.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : Rodolphe K ulhânek , p ro p r ie to r of a bar27848/26601. in Prague ; P ierre K osnâr, owner of a large drug store in P rague.

3. K u lhânek denounced K osnâr to th e police on N ovem ber 1st for ex to rt io n to th e am o u n t of 5,000 crowns. In th e course of the enquiry , i t w as found tha t K osnâr h ad sold 175 gram m es of cocaine to K u lh ân ek for his own use and t h a t K u lh ân e k had pa id h im 150 crowns. In his capacity of druggist, K osnâr was in a position to o b ta in the cocaine legally, b u t he had om itted to en te r th e t ran sac t io n in his register.

4. The affair is pending.

No. 557. — Seizure at Prague, December 10th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its rep o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Cocaine : 80 gramm es.

Reference : 2. Person im plicated : F rederic Weierelt.27848/26601. 1 6

3. Weigelt w as ar res ted in a café an d th e cocaine found on him.H e firs t s ta ted t h a t he h ad bough t i t for ab o u t RM. 50 a t Dresden, but

he co n trad ic ted himself so m uch in his s ta tem en ts t h a t i t was impossible to believe him.

4. The case is pending.

No. 558. — Illicit Traffic in Cocaine at Prague in 1936. R eport com m unica ted by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its rep o rt on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30tli, 1937.

1(6). Cocaine : Q u a n ti ty not given.

Reference : 2. P ersons im p lic a te d : M arie P o la n s k â ; R o d o lp h e A lb rech t ;227848/26601. J o s e p h V o lk ân ;3 Z d en ëk K rë h lik ,4 w a i te r ; H a n a n i M ak ler , R uss ian .

3. The au thorities , hav ing learned th a t ce rta in p ro s ti tu te s were tak in g cocaine and selling i t to others, m ade enquiries, and i t was ascertained t h a t Marie P o lanskâ b o u g h t th e cocaine from Albrecht, Volkân, K rëhlik and Makler. The houses of the accused were searched, h u t no cocaine was found.

4. The m unicipal au th o ri t ie s sentenced A lbrecht to a fine of 3,000 crowns, Marie Polanskâ to a fine of 2,000 crowns an d Makler an d Krëhlik to a fine of 5,000 crowns each. Makler has a lready been expelled from Czechoslovakia. The result of the judicial proceedings is n o t y e t known.

No. 559. — Seizure at Vejprty, Czechoslovakia, July 3rd, 1936. R eport com m unica ted by th e G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its repo rt on the illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th , 1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 200 grammes.

Reference : 2. Persons im plicated : François B raun , of A lbrechtice ; J e a n27848/26601. K utscher and A ntoine Schreier, of R ybâre ; E d o u ard Thiele, of V e jp r ty .

3. The a c c u s e d h a d s m u g g le d t h e c o c a in e i n to C z e c h o s lo v a k ia .

4. The fiscal au thorities sentenced K utscher, Schreier and Thiele to a fine of 1,000 crowns each and B rau n to five d ay s ’ im prisonm ent. The result of the judicial proceedings is no t yet know n.

1 See case No. 553 of this document.2 See case No. 550 of this document.‘ See footnote to case No. 549 of this document.* See docum ent C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], page 34, No. 102.

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No. 560. — Seizure at Calcutta on December 11th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Shirala ” , coming from Japanese and Chinese Ports, Singapore and Rangoon. Report com­m unicated b y th e R epresen ta tive of th e U nited K ingdom on the Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 25th, 1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 351 gram m es (12 oz. 150 grains). In one tin , bearing a label “ F u ji tsu ru B rand ” , w rapped in brown

27563/387. paper t ied w ith string, w i th a sim ilar label on th e ou ter cover.

2. There were no accused.

3. F o und a t No. 1 King George’s Dock.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 168.

No. 561. — Seizure at Calcutta on December 14th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Yuen Sang ” , coming from Osaka, Kobe, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang. Report com­m un ica ted b y th e R epresen ta tive of the U nited K ingdom on the Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a r y 25th, 1937.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 176 grammes ( 6 oz. 80 grains).

2. Person im plicated : Lai Hi, son of K au Lung, Chinese stoker on th e Yuen Sang.

3. F o u n d in four ru b b e r bags tied around th e w aist of th e accused.

4. Lai Hi w as sentenced to one y e a r ’s rigorous im prisonm ent.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l68.

27563/387.

No. 562. — Seizure at Calcutta, December 23rd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Ho Sang ” , coming from Osaka, Kobe, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang. Report com­m unica ted b y th e R epresen ta tive of the U nited K ingdom on the Advisory C om m ittee , F e b ru a ry 22nd, 1937.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l93.

28084/387.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 5 kg. 962 grs. (209 oz. 412% grains). In seventeen tins, fourteen of w hich bore th e “ F u jitsu ru ” label, tw o the “ Eagle ” label and one th e “ Tiger ” label.

9 There were no accused.

3. The cocaine was found a t ta c h e d to a weighted bam boo pole, w ith two flash-lights a t tac h ed to it, in th e lower reaches of th e R iver Hooghly. I t was d ropped overboard in the early hours of th e m orn ing while th e vessel w as in th e lower reaches of th e river proceeding tow ards C alcu tta , and was alm ost im m edia te ly picked up b y the officers deputed to escort the vessel into p o r t b y m otor-launch.

No. 563. — Seizure at Balboa, Canal Zone, on September 29th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Santa Lucia ” , coming from Callao, Peru, of Cocaine bearing the Label of Hoffmann La Roche & Co., Basle. R ep o r t com m unica ted b y the Government of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 4 th , 1937.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.152.

1281/388(320).

R ep o rt No. 604.

1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 120 gramm es. In eleven bottles, each m ark ed “ Cocaine C lorhidrato -—■ Purisim a Crist. Roche : F . H offm ann-L a Roche & Co., S.A. Basilea ” .

2. P erson im plicated : W ilton W ilkinson Prince, negro citizen of P an am a .

3. U pon th e arriva l of th e Sanla Lucia a t Balboa, th e Customs au thorities seized th e cocaine from Prince, who was employed as a m em ber of the coast crew (utili ty m an) on board th e vessel be tw een Balboa and west-coast ports of South America.

4. Prince w as sentenced to five years in th e Canal Zone pen iten tiary .

No. 564. — Seizure at New York on October 6th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Santa Lucia ” , coming from Havana and South American Ports. R eport com m unicated by the G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, Decem ber 29th, 1936.

1(a). Purported cocaine : 265 gramm es. In six bottles, each bearing th e label “ Drogueria 1 Buenos Aires ’ Bolivia. 45 Gramos. Cocaina Marca 1 Meker ’ Cristalizada ” . Pho tog raphs of this label are in th e archives of th e Secretaria t.

2. There was no arrest.

3. U pon th e a r r iva l of the Santa Lucia a t New York, members of the Custom s Searching Squad discovered th e alleged cocaine over the ven tila to r in the m en ’s toilet on “ B ” deck. The con ten ts of the bo tt les were analysed and proved to be boric acid crystals.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.153.

1281/388(317).

R eport No. 600.

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No. 565. — Seizure a t Nogales, Arizona, October 13th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted b y the G overnm ent of th e United S ta tes of America, Decem ber 29th, 1936.

1(a). Purported cocaine : 85 gramm es (3 oz.). In th ree 1-oz. bottles each of which bore labels representing th e p roduc t to be t h a t of F erd in an d Roques, Paris. P h o tog raphs of th e label are in th e archives of th e Secretaria t an d show defin itely t h a t i t is a c lum sy forgery.

2. Person im plicated : E nrique Medina, Mexican.

3. Medina was a rrested by police officers a t Nogales in possession of th e p u rp o r te d cocaine. H e ad m it ted t h a t he had purchased th e bottles in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Chemical analysis of th e con ten ts of the bottles disclosed t h a t th e y contained com m on alum , a non-narcotic substance.

4. The case aga inst Medina will p robab ly be dismissed.

Note. — A seizure of cocaine was also m ade in connection w ith a seizure of raw opium . I t has been sum m arised under t h a t heading. See case No. 463.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f C o c a i n e s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1936

7 kg. 214 grs.

6 . IN D IA N H E M P DRU G S.

No. 566. — Seizure at Alexandria on January 30th, 1937, ex the s.s. “ Attiki Reportcom m unica ted b y th e Centra l Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, March 6 th , 1937.

1(a). Hashish : 4 kg. 820 grs.

2. Persons im plicated : Gerassimo V alianatos, Greek, first-class s tew ard on th e A t t i k i ; K yriacou K alothycos, Greek passenger on the A t t ik i ; “ A nw ar ” , in te rp re te r of a naviga tion com pany a t Alexandria.

3. V alianatos handed a suit-case con ta in ing th e hashish to K alothycos on the arrival of the A t t i k i a t A lexandria and asked h im to give i t to " A nw ar ” , who would be w a it ing along th e quayside. As K alothycos did n o t find “ A nw ar ” , he approached another in te rp re te r and proposed t h a t he should smuggle the hashish into Alexandria aga inst the p a y m e n t of £E10. P re ten d in g to agree to th e proposition, th e in te rp re te r inform ed the au thorit ies . Meanwhile, K alo thycos becam e suspicious and got rid of th e suit-case, which was, however, re tr ieved la te r by th e Customs and th e key found on Kalothycos. Valianatos was arres ted an d his b u n k searched an d docum ents tak en . Investiga tion revealed t h a t both persons were concerned w ith d rug trafficking.

4. B o th th e accused were sen tenced b y the Greek Consular Court to fourteen m o n th s’ im p riso n m en t an d a fine of 1 0 0 drachmae.

No. 567. — Seizure at Port Said, November 27th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ City of Cairo ” . R eportcom m unica ted by th e Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo,J a n u a r y 30th , 1937.

1(a). Hashish : 801 gramm es. Ind ian origin.

2. Person im plicated : Abdulla J a n Allee, British subject.

3. In fo rm ation was received by th e B ureau to the effect th a t a q u a n t i ty of hashish would be offered for sale in P o rt Said b y Indian

m em bers of the crew on the arrival of th e City of Cairo. Keen observation was k ep t on all persons com ing in co n tac t w ith th e ship. On N ovem ber 27th , th e accused was seen descending th e gangw ay on to the pon toon and was searched. He was found to be inpossession of th e hashish, which was conta ined in a w a is tbelt he was wearing n ex t to the skin.W ith th e permission of the cap ta in , th e q uar te rs of th e accused and of th e o ther Indian m em bers of th e crew were searched, b u t w ith o u t fu r ther results. As the cap ta in was unable to spare the services of th e accused, he was re tu rn ed to th e ship against receipt ; on his return, a w a r ra n t will be obta ined from His B ritann ic M ajes ty ’s Consul for his arrest.

No. 568. — Seizure at Port Said on November 30th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Mahsud ” . Reportcom m unica ted by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, J a n u a ry 30th , 1937.

1(a). Hashish : 200 grammes. Ind ian origin.

2. Person im plicated : H ab ib R ahm an , Ind ian , s tew ard on board th e vessel.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.177.

27712/387.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.176.

27713/387.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.201.

28285/387.

Reference : O .C .S ./Conf.153.

1281/388(315).

R e p o r t No. 598.

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3. In fo rm ation was received by th e B ureau to the effect t h a t a quan ti ty ofIn d ian hashish would be disposed of by In d ian m em bers of th e crew of the M ahsudon its arrival a t P o r t Said. On th e arrival of th e vessel, therefore, a squad of the P o rt Saidbranch of th e B ureau w en t on board and a search was carried o u t in th e quarte rs occupied bythe In d ian stew ards, w here a piece of Ind ian hashish was found u nder the blankets covering the accused, who was sleeping in his bunk . In view of th e fact th a t the accused could not be spared, he was h anded over to th e cap ta in an d a declara tion ob ta ined th a t , on the vessel’s re tu rn to P o r t Said, H ab ib R a h m an would be handed over to th e police to s tand his trial.

No. 569. — Seizure at Port Said on December 2nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ City of CanterburyR ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e Central N arcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, J a n u a r y 28th , 1937.

1(a). Hashish : One gramme.

2. Person im plicated : Zaki E l Mahdi M ahmoud, coal-heaver a t P o r t Said.

3. The Ind ian m em bers of th e crew of the City of Canterbury being know n to be narco tic traffickers, a squad of th e P o r t Said B ranch of the B ureau w ent on board on th e arrival of th e vessel a t P o r t Said. The accused was seen w ith one of the Indian sailors n ea r the engine. T hey descended to g e th e r in to th e engine-room and were followed by two detectives. As he was approached , Zaki th rew on the floor a piece of hashish which he hadin hand . This was picked up by one of th e detectives and Zaki was arrested. During a searchof his person a t th e police sta tion , o ther small pieces of hashish of th e same kind were found on him . H e confessed t h a t these pieces were purchased b y him from a bum boatm an , bu t s ta ted t h a t th e piece seized on board th e ship did no t belong to him.

4. Zaki was sen tenced to one y ea r ’s im prisonm ent and a fine of £E200.

No. 570. — Seizure at Port Said on December 14th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Mandasor ” , Report com m unica ted by th e Centra l Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, J a n u a r y 7th, 1937.

1(a). Hashish : 254 gramm es. Ind ian origin.

2. Person im plicated : N ana Maeh, B ritish Indian, m em ber of th e crew of th e M andasor.

3. The hash ish was seized in th e possession of the accused on board th e vessel.

4. N ana Maeh w as tr ied by the B ritish Consular Court and sentenced to fourteen d ays’ im prisonm ent. The cour t gave as the reason for the leniency of th e sentence the fact th a t the d efendan t h ad served as an ass is tan t chief firem an for th i r ty years w ithou t previous conviction.

No. 571. — Seizure at Bursa, Turkey, on March 30th, 1936. R eport com m unicated by the T urk ish G overnm ent in its annua l repo rt for 1936, March 1937.

1(a). Hashish : 10 kg. 700 grs.

Reference : 2. Persons i m p l i c a t e d : Nicoli I v ip a r is , Greek, l iv in g a t Mételin,27888/26601. T urkey , a n d o th e r s .

3. K iparis arr ived a t A yvalik and got into touch with several traffickers there . T hey arranged to smuggle hashish to Greece, b u t th e police came to know of i t an d seized th e firs t consignm ent of 10 kg. 700 grs. concealed in two sacks of potatoes which the gang w as tran sp o r t in g by lorry from Bursa to Ayvalik . The accused were handed over to th e jud ic ia l au thorities .

Note. — A seizure of m arih u an a was also m ade in connection w ith seizures of o ther drugs in Cuba. It has been sum m arised under the heading of “ R aw O pium ” . See case No. 463.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l57.

27296/387.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf. 175.

27692/387.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f I n d i a n H e m p D r u g s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

Hashish : M arihuana :1936 1937 1936

11 kg. 956 grs. 4 kg. 820 grs. 2 kg. 809 grs.452 cigars

425 cigarettes

7. M ISC ELLA N EO U S.

No. 572. — Seizure at Chengchow Station, Honan Province, on June 30th, 1936.R ep o rt com m unicated by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Red pills : In f o r t y b a g s c o n t a in i n g m o r e t h a n 1,000 l i a n g =O.C.S./Conf.174. 3 7 jcg_ 7 9 3 g r s .

14177/388. 2 . Persons im plicated : S a take and Suzuki ; bo th Japanese .

3. The two accused, ca rry ing th ree lea ther bags, arrived at Chengchow on th e express t ra in from Peiping. A fter leaving the p latform , th ey were seen surrep tit iously m ak ing the ir way in the d irection of L unghai Garden. Before going very far, however, th ey were overtaken by the gendarm es of th e station . A t first th ey refused to open their bags for exam ination , b u t finally gave in and followed the gendarm es back to the station- m a s te r ’s room, where an exam ination of the bags was made, which revealed th e red pills. The tw o offenders and the pills were tak e n to th e headquarte rs of the gendarm erie , where the offenders were questioned by the com m ander. T hey confessed t h a t th ey had come from Peiping w ith th e drugs w ith the in ten tion of selling th em in Chengchow.

4. The drugs were confiscated and the tw o Japanese were handed over to th e Japanese Consulate in Chengchow for trial.

No. 573. — Seizure at Chengchow Station, Honan Province, August 17th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y th e Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Red pills : In tw e n ty bags weighing 24 kg. 68 grs. (637 liang). The bags bore th e “ Golden D ragon ” m ark.

2. Person im plicated : Torikai (?), Japanese.

3. The pills wTere found in tw o leather suit-cases belonging to Torikai when he left th e Peip ing-H ankow tra in a t Chengchow station.

4. A t the reques t of th e Japanese Consul in Chengchow, Torikai was handed over to the Japanese Consulate for tria l ; samples of the pills to serve as evidence were also handed over.

No. 574. — Seizure at Loyang Railway Station, Honan, July 19th, 1936. R ep o rt com­m unicated by th e Chinese R epresen ta tive 0 1 1 th e A dvisory Committee, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Red pills : 55 kg. 994 grs. (1.482 taels, gross weight). In s ix ty bags in th ree lea ther cases.

2. Person im plicated : Voron, alias Ravoulisheff (?), a W hite Russian, resident of Tientsin.

3. Voron arrived a t Loyang E as t s ta tion on a t ra in of the L ung-H ai Railway. His behaviour aroused the suspicion of the local police, w ho ,in conjunction w ith th e section chief of the railway, sen t two officers w ith ins tructions to board the tra in and keep him under surveillance. W hen th e t ra in arrived a t th e L oyang W est station, Voron, seeing no exam ina­t ion officials abou t, got ou t quickly w ith four lea ther cases. The two officers approached himto exam ine his baggage. H e im m ed ia te ly s ta ted t h a t he had lost th e keys, b u t the officers succeeded in opening th e cases w ith some pass-keys. Three of the cases were found to be filled w ith th e pills.

4. Voron was sentenced by the local criminal court a t Chengchow, Honan, to eight years’ im prisonm ent and the pills were confiscated.

No. 575. — Seizure at Sui Ping Station, Honan Province, China, on May 11th, 1936. R eport com m unica ted b y the Chinese R epresen ta tive on th e Advisory Committee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

1(a). Red pills : 62 kg. Gross weight.

2. Person implicated : Motoda, Japanese.

3. W hen the Peiping-H ankow tra in arrived a t th e Sui Pingstation , a Japanese was seen a lighting from the t ra in and a t the same

t im e a green canvas suit-case and a lea ther suit-case were tak e n down from the tra in . The ra ilw ay police accosted him, b u t he said th a t the suit-cases did not belong to him. Uponexam ina tion , th e suit-cases were found to conta in the red pills. Motoda con tinued hisjo u rn ey and, w hen the tra in a rrived a t T a Chih Men s ta tion (Hankow), he was again questioned and again he denied t h a t the cases belonged to him. As there was no o ther evidence against him, he was asked to m ake and sign a declara tion disclaiming any connection w ith the su it ­cases and was th en allowed to go. The red pills were handed over to the Opium Suppression S upervisory B ureau in H ankow .

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.174.

14177/388.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.218.

14177/388.

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.l74.

14177/388.

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No. 576. — Seizure at Yen Cheng Station, Honan Province, China, on August 25th, 1936.R ep o rt com m unica ted by th e Chinese R epresenta tive on th e Advisory Com mittee, J a n u a ry 21st, 1937.

Reference : 1(a). Red pills : 106 kg. Gross weight. In eighty-seven ba^sO.C.S./Conf.174. r ° ° J 8

2. Persons im plicated : N auda , alias Inoue, Japanese ; Kung 14177/388. Mei-Tsan, of Chi Ilsien, H onan ; Y ang Chieh-hsuan, of Chia Hsiang

Hsien, Shan tung .

3. Y an g Chieh-hsuan was first found w ith o u t a t icke t af te r the Peip ing-H ankow train left Lin Y ung s ta tion . W hen questioned, he replied t h a t he had boarded the tra in a t Hsu Chang and his t ick e t h ad been collected. T hereafter he w as k ep t under observation. Later he en tered th e second-class car and asked th e w a ite r w he ther he knew where a passenger by the nam e of K ung was. On hearing this, K u n g Mei-Tsan, who was in a com partm en t nearby, came ou t and said t h a t he was th e m an for w hom Y ang was looking. In the same com partm en t, th e re was a Japanese , and th e fact t h a t his and K u n g ’s tickets were both issued from Chien Men s ta tion , Peiping, to Ta Chih Men station , Hankow', and bore the num bers 0038 and 0039 proved th a t th e y trave lled together . As their baggage was p u t on the seats of the sleeper, in readiness to leave th e tra in , before arriv ing a t th e ir destination, th e suspicion of the police wTas aroused. Y ang Chieh-hsuan was tak e n to th e g uards’ room. W hen the train arrived a t Y en Cheng, th e th ree suspects and th e ir baggage — five heavy leather cases and one light lea ther case — were tak e n to the s ta t io n m as te r ’s room for exam ination . After the discovery of th e pills, th ey ad m it ted t h a t th e y were trafficking in drugs.

4. K u n g Mei-Tsan and Y ang Chieh-hsuan were handed over to the W uhan Garrison H eadquar te rs for pun ishm ent, while Inoue was tu rn ed over to th e H ankow Municipal G overnm ent, which asked th e Jap an ese Consulate-General in H an k o w to take him over for trial.

No. 577. — Seizure in the International Settlement, Shanghai, October 28th, 1936. Report com m unica ted b y the Shanghai Municipal Council, J a n u a ry 14th, 1937.

Reference : ^ 1(a). Red pills : 852 g r a m m e s . (30 oz.) . In s ix p a p e r p a c k e t sO.C.S./Conf.171. b e a r i n g n o la b e ls .

13103/388. 2 . Persons im p lica ted : Nyi Tsang Sz, of K om po ; Woo Tuh Ming,n o t arrested.

3. Nyi Tsang Sz was arrested on A venue E dw ard V II for being in possession of the pills, which she h ad tied a round her body. She claimed to have obtained th e pills from one Woo Tuh Ming, who has so fa r n o t been a rrested .

4. Nyi was sentenced to seven y ea rs ’ im prisonm ent and deprived of civil rights for seven years.

No. 578. — Seizure at Chomutov, Czechoslovakia, March 1936. R eport com m unicated by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its report on th e illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Percaine : 400 grammes in a glass tube m arked “ FMC10O ° / ”

Reference : ' °

27848/26601. 2 . Persons im plicated : Rodolphe B i t tn e r ; 1 Francois Lenhard ;Joseph H e rrm an n ; 2 Rodolphe Baierl ; 2 Antoine Nagl ; 2 J e a n Klinger ; 2

Rodolphe S tichor ; E rv in H aybach .

3. The drug was found on B ittne r, who h ad b rought i t into Czechoslovakia.

4. B ittn e r was sentenced by th e fiscal au thorit ies of Chom utov to a fine of 3,000 crowns and five d a y s ’ im prisonm ent. Sentences of from three to ten d ays’ im prisonm ent were inflicted on the others.

No. 579. — Seizure at Liberec, Czechoslovakia, on November 16th, 1936. R eport com­m unica ted by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its report on the illicit traffic in 1936, March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Novocaine : 250 grammes.

R_eference : 2. Persons im plicated : Francois K auf ; François Heide ; Joseph27848/26601. Musil ; François S tanzel.

3. Kauf, Heide and Musil were arrested in an autom obile belonging to Musil and the d rug was found on Heide, who s ta ted th a t he had received i t from Stanzel.

4. The fiscal au thorities sentenced Heide and K auf to four w eeks’ and Musil to fourteendays’ im prisonm ent. T he results of the jud ic ia l proceedings are n o t y e t known.

1 See document C.430.M.221.1935.XI[O.C.294(i/)], page 33, No. 1809.2 See documents C.265.M.135.1935.XI[O.C.294(æ)], page 36, and C.430.M.221.1935.XHX).C.294(z/)], page 4,

No. 1679.

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No. 580. — Seizure at Moravska Ostrava, July 13th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the G overnm ent of Czechoslovakia in its repo rt on the illicit traff ic in 1936. March 30th, 1937.

1(a). Novocaine hydrochloride : 200 gram m es in eight flasks of, 25 gram m es each.

Reference : °27848/26601. 2. Person im plicated : R einhard P lach tz ik , 1 of Opava.

3. The novocaine was found in th e possession of th e accused.

4. P lach tz ik was sentenced to a fine of 100 crowns or five d a y s ’ im prisonm ent, w ith suspension of execution for tw o years.

No. 581. — Seizure at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 28th, 1936. R eport com m unicated by th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 4 th , 1937.

1(a). Chinese cough pills : 200 gramm es. In a box containing 2 0 0 small paper boxes, each box weighing ap p rox im a te ly 1 gramme. The pills conta ined 1.8 % of m ixed opium alkaloids. They were Chinese “ Chee K u t ” cough pills . 2

2. Persons im plicated : Sam W ah Yick Kee, K w an On Chong Co., and Louie W ah, all of Cleveland; K w an On W o Co., and Louie Chen Kai

of H ong -K o n g ; bo th Chinese.

3. The pills were found am ong 338 cases of miscellaneous Chinese goods consigned to Sam W a h Yick Kee, th ro u g h Louie W ah, head of the im porting firm of K w an On Chong. The goods had been shipped by Louie Chen Kai, m anager of the firm of K w an On Wro. As the pills con ta ined 1 . 8 % of m ixed opium alkaloids, th e y were seized, b u t th e im porters were not p rosecu ted as th e y m ade a sworn s ta te m e n t to th e effect t h a t th e pills were recognised by the Chinese as a s tan d a rd cough rem edy, were sold freely in China and im ported frequently into th e U n ited S ta tes by local Chinese m erchan ts . The im porters claimed th a t th e y were not aw are t h a t th e pills conta ined narcotic drugs.

No. 582. — Seizure a t New York on November 9th, 1936. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the G overnm ent of th e U n ited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 4th, 1937.

1(a). Broken poppy capsules: 9 kg. 360 grs. (20 lb. 9 % oz.).

2. Person im plica ted : W ing W o Chong H ing Kee Co., New York.

3. The p o p p y heads were p a r t of an im p o rta t io n of Chinese medicines m ade by th e Chinese firm of W ing Wo Chong H ing Kee Co. from H ong-K ong. The m erchandise was shipped to th e im p o rte r from various firms. The poppy heads were subm itted to a chem ist who

reported t h a t th ey conta ined a small am o u n t of opium alkaloids. T hey were segregated from the ba lance of th e sh ipm ent and seized, while th e admissible portion of th e case was delivered. There was no prosecution of th e im porting firm, since i t was ap p a re n t t h a t i t had no intention of v io la ting th e law.

No. 583. — Seizure at San Francisco, California, October 13th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ President Coolidge ” , coming from Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai and Hong-Kong.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of the U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th, 1937.

1(a). Chinese cough pills : 665 gramm es (23.42 oz.). 200 smallbo tt les of red pills con ta in ing 0.1 % anhydrous morphine. The pills were “ To T ung ” pills, m an u fac tu red b y Soo Sui Sang, of Canton. The bottles were m ark ed w ith Chinese charac ters in gold and each bo ttle was w rapped separa te ly in p in k tissue paper on which were prin ted various Chinese charac ters and designs.

2. Persons im plicated : Bow Tai W o an d Man W o Cheung ; bo th Chinese.

3. T he pills were found in a sh ipm en t of m erchandise on board the President Coolidge.To d a te no crim inal ac tion has been taken .

No. 584. — Seizure at San Francisco, October 28th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ President Coolidge ” ,coming from the Far East. R ep o rt com m unica ted by the Governm ent ofth e U n ited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 11th, 1937.

1(a). Chinese cough pills : 79. In one small bottle . The pills on analysis were found to conta in 0.57 % m orphine. T hey are ap p a ren tly called “ L iang Pei Chih ” cough medicine and are m anu­fac tu red b y th e firm of H eng An Pieh K uan , Canton. However, another label found in the box refers to Pao Tsi “ Cure All ” pills m anufactured by Li Chung Sheng T ang Co., Canton. Various labels appeared on the

Reference : O .C.S./Conf.151.

1281/388(325).

R e p o r t No. 608.

Reference : O.C .S./Conf.l61.

1281/388(327).

R e p o r t No. 609.

Reference : O .C .S ./Conf.152.

1281/388(321).

R e p o r t No. 605.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.152.

1281/388(319).

R e p o rt No. 603.

1 See docum ent C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], page 40, No. 117.3 See documents C.309.M.I36.1934.XI[0,C.294(i)], page 19, No. 1163, and O.C.S./Conf.l38.

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outside of th e box an d bo ttle , as well as inside th e box folded round th e bottle . Photographs of these labels are in th e archives of th e Secretaria t.

2. Person im p lica ted : Leong Jew Ying, Chinese m erc h an t in San Francisco.

3. T he pills were found am ong a sh ipm ent of m erchandise shipped from Hong-K ong and consigned to Leong Jew Ying. The pills were seized, b u t th e im porte r was n o t prosecuted.

No. 585. — Seizure at San Francisco, California, November 27th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ President Coolidge ” , coming from Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama.R ep o rt com m unica ted b y th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th , 1937.

1(a). Chinese cough pills : 370 gram m es (13.02 oz.). In forty boxes, each b ox con ta in ing ten w ax capsules and each capsule containing four pills. The pills conta ined 0.62 % anhydrous morphine. They were labelled “ Chee Sau W a n Cough Pills, m anufac tu red by Li Chai Hin, Canton , China ” .

2. Person im plica ted : Q uan M ay Joong, Chinese passenger on the President Coolidge.

3. The pills were found in the bag of th e accused. To d a te no criminal action has been taken.

No. 586. — Seizure at San Francisco, California, in November 1936. R eports communicated b y th e G overnm ent of th e U nited S ta tes of America, J a n u a ry 25th and M arch 24th , 1937.

1 (a). Chinese cough pills : 712 gram m es (25 oz. 22 grains). T w en ty - th ree boxes bearing the label of “ Chee Sau W a n ” ; th ir ty -th ree flasks bearing th e label of Dr. T ang Shih Yee ; 223 tubes.

The boxes of Chee Sau W a n pills bore in English lettering on the sides th e following rem arks : “ Chee Sau W an Pills, Cough Cure Composed of : R - China roo t ... 3 gram s ; Orange Peel ... 3 grams ; China weed ...

3 grams ; Licorice roo t ... 2 grams. C innabar ... 1 gram . Lee Che J ian , Canton, C h in a” . Inside th e boxes wrere cards inscribed w ith Chinese charac ters and bearing the following in English : “ Cough Cure, Lichai Hin, Canton, China ” . A label depic ting a s to rk and deer in a circle b en e a th Chinese charac ters was found in th e tubes of pills. These pills are apparen tly the p ro d u c t of Su J u i Sheng, P i Chiang Village (p resum ably in K w an g tu n g Province). The label s ta te s t h a t th e co m p an y m ain ta ins b ranches a t Canton, H ong-K ong, Singapore and Shanghai.

2. Persons im plica ted : Chun W o T ong & Co., Chinese herb store, together w ith Poon Suey Leong and Sam uel Poon, ow ner and m anager of the store ; Choy Jee Tong & Co., Chinese herb store, w ith Chin Yee Jee an d Chan Sam Yuen, owners of the store. These persons are all Chinese.

3. N arco tic Agents, a c t in g on in fo rm ation th a t certa in local Chinese herb stores were openly selling m edicinal pills con ta in ing m orphine, m ade purchases of th e pills from the two above-m entioned com panies. They arrested th e owners and operators of the stores when chemical analysis disclosed t h a t th e pills conta ined ap p rox im a te ly 2 .07% anhydrous morphine. The Chee Sau W an pills are ap p a ren t ly m an u fac tu red by Lichai Hin, Canton, China, and the Dr. T an g Shih Yee pills by a firm of t h a t nam e a t A venue E dw ard V II , Shanghai, China. The origin of th e tu b es of cough pills is unknow n. A fu r th e r chemical analysis of the pills is being m ade.

4. The accused will be prosecuted.

Note. — Seizures of narco tic pills were also m ade in connection w ith the following cases, which included seizures of o ther drugs an d which have been sum m arised under appropria te headings :

Cases Nos. 496, 497, 506, 507, u n d er “ P repared Opium ” ,Case No. 518, u n d er “ Morphine ” .

Q u a n t i t i e s o f P i l l s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d t o t h e S e c r e t a r i a t :

1936

Heroin pills : Red pills : Chinese cough pills :

181 gram m es 1,081 kg. 851 grs. 1 kg. 947 grs.1,802 (num ber) 1 1 2 bottles

79 (number)

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l62.

1281/388(328).

Reports Nos. 610. and 610(a).

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.l63.

1281/388(329).

R eport No. 611.

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PART III.

A M O U N T S O F T H E V A R I O U S D R U G S SE IZ E D IN E A C H C O U N T R Y

AS R E P O R T E D IN T H E A N N U A L R E P O R T S F O R 1935

R E C E IV E D B Y T H E S E C R E T A R I A T .

Since the publication of the tab le on pages 38-39 of docum ent G.124.M.77.1937.XI [O.C.8.300(c)], th e annua l reports for 1935 for A ustralia and Macao have been received by the S ecre ta r ia t. T he following figures should therefore be added to the tab le :

Rawopium

P reparedopium Dross Morphine Cocaine

Kg. grs. Kg. grs. Kg. grs. Kg. grs. Kg. grs.

A ustra lia ................... 368 78 700 1 300 193 2

M a c a o ............................ 8 80

The G overnm en t of th e U nited S ta tes of America has also sent in fresh figures as follows:

R aw opium

Kg. grs. 87 918

Prepared opium

Kg. grs. 358 67

M orphine

Kg. grs. 39 726

Heroin

Kg. grs.

40 851

th u s m ak ing for the year 1935 a to ta l of :

R aw opium Prepared opium DrossKg. grs. Kg. grs. Kg. grs.

186,971 720 16,608 27 264 149

Cocaine Kg. grs.184 166

B hang Kg. grs.

1,002 541

Ind ian hemp Kg. grs.

197,019 353

Hashish Kg. grs.

1,653 694

Charas Kg. grs.

727 839

Cocaine In d ia n hemp

Kg. grs. 4 889

M orphine Kg. grs. 579 180

Ganja Kg. grs.

1,581 543

Kg. grs. 195,812 320

(195 tons 1,787 lb. 4 % oz.)

Heroin Kg. grs. 700 426

Dagga Kg. grs. 194 981

M anzoul Kg. grs.2.1 339

M arihuana cigarettes

14,383

Narcotic pillsKg. grs.

7 qqo 0 4

and 654,233 pills.

Q U E S T I O N N A I R E R E F E R R I N G T O P A R T II

1. Kind and quan ti ty o f d rugs ( a ) seized or (b ) invo lved in the illicit t ransact ion

O r ig in o f drugs. N a m e of m anu fac tu re r of drugs : labels, marks, packing, etc.

2. N a m e of cons ignor , cons ignee and addressee, or o ther persons implicated.

F o rw a rd in g agen ts and o the r pe rsons o r firms w hose nam es appear in

connec t ion w i th the case.

3. Addit ional details.

4. Legal p roceed ing and penalties.

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INDEX TO LOCALITIES

C o u n t r y a n d L o c a l i t y

Australia :D a l e P a g e

Townsville,Queensland

Austria :Feldkirch-Buchs

British Colonies :H ong-K ong

Stra itsSett lem ents

Between S inga­pore and London

March 3rd, 1935................ 13

J u ly 21st, 1936 ................ 5

October 1936 ................ 5, 14Novem ber 1936.......... 5, 14December 29th, 1936 . . . 14

O ctober 1936 ..................... 14N ovem ber 1936 ................ 15December 1936 ................ 15

December 1936 ................ 16

BulgariaSofia D ecember 18th, 1935 . . . 2

N ovem ber 26th. 1936 . . . 3

Canada :New W estm ins te r Vancouver

Ja n u a ry 27th, 1937 . . . . 16D ecember 1936 .......... 16

China :Chengchow

H an Tan Hsing Tai

LoyangPukowShanghai

In terna t ionalS ett lem en t

S hun teh Sui P eng Ta Chi Men Tai Y uan Tientsin

T ientsin-Pukow Railw ay

Y en Cheng

Cuba :H avana

CzechoslovakiaChom utovP odev radyPrague

UstiV ejperty

Egypt :A lexandria

Ju n e 30th, 1936 .............. 38A ugust 17th, 1936 .......... 38October 27th, 1936 ......... 26A ugust 21st, 1936 ............ 26Septem ber 4 th , 1936 . . . . 26J u ly 19th, 1936 ................ 38December 12th, 1936 . . . 26J u ly 22nd, 1936 ................ 27A ugust 6 th , 1936 .............. 6

October 16th, 1936 ......... 27

October 4th, 1936 ............ 4October 26th, 1936 ......... 6

October 28th, 1936 ......... 39N ovem ber 27th, 1936 . . . 4December 8 th , 1936 . . . . 7F o u rth quarte r, 1936 . . . 28Ju n e 17th, 1936 ................ 28May 11th, 1936 ................ 38April 5th, 1936................... 27Septem ber 27th, 1936 . . . 28Ju ly 11th, 1936 ................ 6

A ugust 1st, 1936 .............. 28August 5th, 1936 .............. 4A ugust 23rd, 1936 ........... 6

December 19th, 1936 . . . 6

August 25th, 1936 ........... 39

A ugust and December1936 ................................... 7

May 1936 ............................ 31Ju ly 24th, 1936 ................ 31J a n u a r y 15th, 1936 ......... 32J a n u a r y 24th, 1936 ......... 32J a n u a r y 25th, 1936 ......... 32F eb ru ary 18th, 1936 . . . . 32F eb ru ary 21st, 1936 . . . . 33May 19th, 1936 ................ 33J u n e 2nd, 1936 ................ 33October 1936 ..................... 33N ovem ber 1936 . 31, 34 (2)December 10th, 1936 . . . 341936 ....................................... 34Ja n u a r y 1936 ..................... 23Ju ly 3rd, 1936 ................... 34

December 22nd, 1936 . . . 29J a n u a r y 30th, 1937 ......... 36

C o u n t r y a n d L o c a l i t y D a l e P a g e

Egypt ( c o n t . ) :

P ort Said November 27th, 1936 . . . 36N ovember 30th, 1936 . . . 36D ecember 2nd, 1936 . . . . 37December 14th, 1936 . . . 37December 27th, 1936 . . . 7

French Colonies :Indo-China :

B enthuy-V inh Third quarter, 1936......... 8Cao-bang J u ly 18th, 1936 ................. 8

Ju ly 1936 ........................... 8Laoday Third quarter, 1936........... 8N h atan g A ugust 1936 ........................ 8Phulang-

T huong A ugust 15th, 1936 ............. 8Saigon J u ly 1936 ............................. 17

Septem ber 1936 ............... 9T han-H oa Septem ber 1936 ................. 9Tourane Ju ly 1936 ............................. 9Vien Tiane Septem ber 1936 ................. 9N ieng-K ouang Third quarter, 1936........... 9

India :C alcutta December 11th, 1936 . . . 35

December 14th, 1936 . . . 35D ecember 23rd, 1936 . . . 35Ja n u a ry 24th, 1937 ......... 9

Netherlands :R o tte rd am J a n u a r y 11th, 1936 .......... 9

Commonwealth of the Philippines :Cebu N ovem ber 6th, 1936 . . . . 17

N ovem ber 7th, 1936 . . . . 17Manila D ecember 4th, 1936 . . . . 17

Portuguese Colonies :Macao Septem ber 1936 ................. 17

October 1936 ..................... 18N ovem ber 1936 ................ 18

Siam : Third quarte r, 1936........... 19A m phur B an Mae December 27th, 1936 . . . 18A m phur B an

Muang, N an J a n u a r y 16th, 1937 .......... 18A m phur Hangpo,

U t ta ra d i t J a n u a ry 7th, 1937 ............. 18A m phur Muang,

Lam pang November 17th, 1936 . . . 18Am phur Muang,

Pitsanuloke November 30th, 1936 . . . 19Bangkok May 7th and various da ­

tes in Ju ly , August andSeptem ber 1936 ........... 23

J a n u a r y 21st, 1937 ......... 19K ing Chiengsaen,

Chiengrai November 16th, 1936 . . . 19

Switzerland :Geneva-Basle 1927-1929 .............................. 2

Turkey :Bursa March 30th, 1936................ 37Is tanbul 1936 ......................................... 5Taxim,

Is tanbu l Ju ly 7th, 1936 .................... 23

United States of America :Balboa, Canal

Zone Septem ber 29th, 1936 .. . 35Baltimore,

M aryland N ovem ber and December1936 .................................. 29

Boston,M assachusetts N ovem ber 14th, 1 9 3 6 . . . 20

December 29th, 1936 . . . 20Ja n u a ry 17th, 1937 . . . . 20

Brooklyn, New December 29th, 1 9 3 6 : . . . 20Y ork Ja n u a ry 12th, 1937 . . . . 21

Ja n u a ry 28th, 1937 . . . . 21Cleveland, Ohio Septem ber 28th, 1936 . . . 40Detroit , Michigan December 10th, 1936 . . . 29

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United States of America (con t . ) :

Gulfport, S ta l ­ls.

Je rsey City,New Je rsey

Louisville, K en tucky

Marysville, California

New York

Country and Locality Dale Page

United States of America (co n t . ) :

New Y ork (cont .) Ja n u a rv 28th and 29th,1937 30

Nogales,Arizona October 2nd, 1936 .......... 24

October 13th, 1936 ......... 36Portland , Oregon December 2nd, 1936 . . . . 24San Antonio,

Texas December 5th, 1936 . . . . 31San Francisco,

California October 12th, 1936 ........ 25October 13th, 1936 ......... 40October 28th, 1936 ......... 40N ovember 27th, 1936 . . . 41N ovember 1936 ................ 41

S sa t t lGW ashington F eb ruary 12th, 1937 . . . . 22

Sharpsburg,Pennsylvania December 12th, 1936 . . . 13

Stephenville Septem ber 21st, 1936 . . . 25Honolulu, Hawaii N ovember 8 th , 1936 . . . . 22

Ja n u a r y 5th, 1937 ........... 21

Septem ber 5 th and 6 th,1936 .................................. 23

October 23rd, 1936 ......... 29

December 6 th, 1936 . . . . 22October 6 th , 1936 ............ 35October 6 th , 13th and

29th , 1936 ...................... 10Novem ber 2nd and 9th,

1936 .................................. 10N ovember 9th, 1936 . . . . 40N ovember 28th, 1936 . . . 22Novem ber and December

1936 29, 30J a n u a r y 8 th , 1937 ........... 13Ja n u a r y 15th, 1937 ......... 30

INDEX TO PERSONS, FIRMS, ETC.

N a m s P a g e s N a m s P a g e s N a m s P a g e s

k A & B Monopoly B.M. » Chung W o Tong & Co., San H a r u d a ................................ . . . 28m a r k ....................... 13 F ra n c is c o ......................... 41 H aybach , E r v i n .............. . . . 39

Abou M a r o u f ........... 24 C lo v i s .......................................... 5 Helich, Dr. Charles . . . 31A lbrecht, Rodolphe . . . 32, 34 « Cock & E lephan t (Lam H ennan Y e e ....................... . . . 20Allee, A bdulla J a n . 36 Kee, Macao) m ark 21, 22 (3) H errm ann, J o s e p h ......... . . . 39A ltm ann , N a th a n 2 Cordelliano ................................ 24 Hin, J o h n ............................ . . . 2.0A nw ar ........................ 36 Corrigan, G e o rg e .................... 29 H ing D o n ........................... . . . 20

Crowley, Ja m es J .................... 13 Hirano, Shigeyaki .........Ho Cheng ...........................

. . . 28Baierl, Rodolphe .. . 39 Cueto, P e d r o ............................ 24 . . . 17Beland , Charles 30 Cuneo, J o h n .............................. 30 Ho P a t ................................ . . . 17Renes Zdenek ......... 31, 32, 33 H offm ann La Roche, Basle. . 35Bezdek, Ladislas .. . 32 Demison, J e a n ......................... 3 Horn Fook D i n g .............. . . . 20

39 Detcheff, Detcho H ................ ‘-S I c h im o r i .............................. . . . 28B lum entrit , Vaclav 32 Diepenhorst, D r ....................... 2 Okeda, S u s u m i ................ . . . 27Boku Gin K y o ......... 28 Dimitroff, B oris ....................... 3 Imacher, G e o r g e s ............ . . . 10Boku J u n B u n ......... 28 Dimitroff, J a n k o P ................. 3 Ip F ang .............................. . . . 18Bouige, L eon ie .......... 10 Djaza, K h o d re ......................... 24 “ Isili E g y p t Co., Kobe ’Bow Tai W o ............ 40 Dominick, H e n r i .................... 10 V i e n n a ............................ 2B raun , François . . . 34 Douglas, L a w r e n c e ................ 13 Iun I o c .............................. 17, 18Brejsa, Em anuel . . . 33 Douras, S tam a ti L .................. 29

10 Drogueria “ Buenos Aires ” Bolivia ...................................

“ Ja n k o ” ............................ 535 J a p a n P harm aceu tica l

Calosridis, Mihail . . 5 Estab lishm ent, Osaka . . . 25C annakis. Gabriel A ndreas . 29 “ Eagle ” b ran d .................. 35 Ja z a K h a l e d ..................... . . . 24

30 Efstatios, Rizo N .................... 99 Jedlicka, G uillaume . . . . . . . 32Chan C h e o n g ........... 18 “ E lephan t ” b r a n d .............. 16 Ju liau , P ie r re ..................... . . . 10Chan C h i ................... 23 Emmerson, George W ........... 29

. . . 40Chan Foe ................... 18 Emmerson, Mrs. R ................. 29 Kai, Louie C h e n ..............Chan F u n .................. 18 Epps, R e e d y ............................ 25 Kalothycos, K yriacou . . . . . 36Chan Sam Y uen . . . 41 Escobia, A m b r o s ia ................ 17 K an Kei S h e i..................... . . . 28Chan S i e c .................. 18 Evans, W i l l i a m ...................... 29 Kao K w ang T u i .............. . . . 26Chan Y i n ................... 13 Kauf, F r a n ç o i s ................ . . . 39« Chee K u t » Cough Pills .. . 40 Fiala, G ustave ....................... 33 Kawaguchi, Keijiro . . . 27« Chee Sau W a n > Cough “ Four B ro thers ” Society, K aw ahara , M a s a o ........... . . . 28

Pills ........................ ___ 41 (*) Portland , Oregon . ............ 25 Keijiro, K aw aguchi Kelly, Lyle D .....................

. . . 27Chen Kai, Louie . . 40 F reedm an, H a r r y .................. 10 . . . 24Chen Yee Shun 21 F reedm an, H e l e n .................. 10 K haled Ja z a ..................... . . . 24Cheong S i .................. 18 Friedm ann, E s c h u a .............. 3 K hodre D j a z a ................... . . . 24Cheung S h u i ............ 21 “ F u jitsuru ” b rand 2 . . . 35 (2 ) Kim Kei K o k u ................ . . . 28Chi In Y o .................. 28 F u k i s h im a ................................ 6 Kim Mu S e i ....................... . . . 28Chi So K o ................. 28 F ukuyu L aboratory , Ja p an 5 Kim Shun T a k u .............. . . . 28Chiang T san Y uan 26 F ung C h a i ................................ 16 Kim Teu U n ..................... . . . 28Chin Man Chau 17 Kim Tstsu S e n ................ . . . 28Chin Yee J e e ........... 41 Gee C h o n g ................................ 20 K in Ei Y u .......................... . . 28Chin Y e n g ................. 20 Gen To S h i n ............................ 28 Kin K ahu K e i .................. . . 28Chin Y o u ................. 2 0 Georgeton, M argaret ........... 1 0 Kin Ko B i n ....................... . 28Ching, H a r r y ......... 2 0 Glatz, Silvio ............................ 24 Kin Sho S h o k u ................ . . 28Ching P o n g .............. 20 Graf, H o w a r d ......................... 31 Kin Tetsu G e n ................ . . 28

18 Grant, H o w a r d ....................... 31 . 2818 Gray, L. G .................................. 2 2 . 28

Chou Choc ................. 18 King, L. P ........................... . 25Chov Yee Tong & Co., San H abib R a h m a n ....................... 36 King Sih C h e .................... . 28

41 “ H adji Ali B aba ” label 29, H ar ley ’s K ey S h o p ................

31 Kiparis Nicoli ................ . 379.9, 99 . 2326 Harris, C h a r l e s ....................... 10 39

C h u j o .......................... 28 Harris, H . B .............................. 25 K n o d o ................................... 4

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N a m e P a g e

Ko Mei S h u k u ......................... 28Kosnar, P i e r r e ......................... 34Kramer, B e n ............................ 29Krehlik, Z d e n e k ..................... 34Kristufek, Frederic .............. 33Kulhânek, R o d o l p h e 34Kung Mei T s a n ....................... 39Kutscher, J e a n ........................ 34Kwan On Chong Co.,

C le v e la n d .............................. 40Kwan On Wo Co, H ong

Kong ...................................... 40“ Keong Tung P agoda ”

m a r k ....................................... 5Kya Shi K o n ............................ 28Kyo Chi G o .............................. 28Kyo I C h i n g ............................ 28Kyo Kei L i e u .......................... 28

Lai Hi ........................................ 35Lai P an ...................................... 18Lai Sui T e n g ............................ 17“ Lam K ee Macao ” m ark 20, 22Lam Sim T o n g ........................ 17Lam T e n g ................................. 18Lambreff, L am bri K .............. 3Lao H a M o u ............................. 7Larras, George E m m anue l . 29Lau H e i ...................................... 17Lau O n ....................................... 18Lee, J i m ..................................... 20Lee K w o n g ............................... 20Lee Sai N e u .............................. 4Lee T o n g ................................... 20Lee W o n g ................................... 20Lei l o n g ..................................... 17Lei Man V e n g .......................... 18Lei U n g ...................................... 18Lenhard, F r a n ç o i s ................. 39Leong H ang ............................ 18Leong Je w K i n g ..................... 41Leong Quin C h u i ..................... 17Leong S a n g ............................... 18Leong T a i ................................... 17Leong W i n g .............................. 22Leplanquais, D o l l y ................ 10Levine, S a m u e l ....................... 30Li Chai Hin, C a n to n .............. 41Li Chung Sheng T ang Co.,

C a n t o n ................................... 41Li H e - l u ..................................... 27Li I ru ........................................ 28Li K an K y u ............................... 28Li Kei Yoh ............................... 28Li Ko T e i ................................... 28Li Ren Z a n ............................... 28Li Sei E i ..................................... 28Li Sho B a n ................................. 28Li Sho Z i n ................................. 28Li To G y o k u ............................ 28Li Toku L iang ........................ 28Li Y u y u n g ................................ 4Lim J u ........................................ 22Lim-pak-cane .......................... 23Lim Y u e n ................................... 23Lin Shun B a i ............................ 28Ling S e w ................................... 9“ Lion ” b r a n d ....................... 17“ Lion & Globe ” b ran d . . . 16Lo Buono, G a b r i e l ................. 24“ Lo F uk Kee ” m a r k 16Lo Mam F o n g ......................... 17Lôffler, A d o lp h e ..................... 31Low S a m ................................... 20Loy C h a m ................................. 21Lum, F r a n k .............................. 16

Ma C h u n ..................................... 21Mac T i m ..................................... 18Macris, A lexandre Argyris. . 29Macris, P etro A rg y r i s 29Mah P o y ..................................... 16Mahmoud Zaki E l Mahdi . . 37Makler, H a n a n i ....................... 34Man W o C h e u n g ..................... 40Mancuso, S a l v a t o r e .............. 10Mancuso, S eraf ino ................... 10Marani, N i n o ............................ 5Mariano ...................................... 5M atsumoto .............................. 4M atsum ara ............................... 4M a t s u y a m a ............................... 4Mayer^ Eschua ........................ 3

N a m e P a g e

McAvoy, Charles ................... 29Meder, F r i t z .............................. 10Medina, E n r i q u e ..................... 36“ Meker ” ................................... 35Metzendorf, R e g i n a .............. 2Milo v a ................ ' ........................ 5Miller, M a r t i n .......................... 30M itrovsky, O l d r i c h ................ 23Mlejnek, F ra n ç o i s ................... 32Monnier, H e n r i e t t e ................ 10M o t o d a ....................................... 38Motoyoshi, G u n j i ................... 28Mucha, J o s e p h ........................ 32M u k a i .......................................... 4Müller, Dr. F r i t z ..................... 2M u r a y a m a ................................. 26Musil, J o s e p h ............................ 39

Nagl, A n t o i n e .......................... 39Nai C h u e n ................................. 19Nai G um ................................... 19Nai P u n ...................................... 19Nai Sook ................................... 18Nai T a ........................................ 19Nai T an Si N g i a k .................. 19N a k a j i m a ................................... 4N ana Maeh ............................... 37N eanay, Hussein E l .............. 2Nemecek, C h a r l e s .................. 34Ng C h u n g ................................... 21Ngai Y a n ................................... 18Nicolaidi, C a l i o p i ................... 5N a u d a .......................................... 39Nye Tsang S z .......................... 39

Oikawa ...................................... 6Olsen, O l a f ................................ 10O ’Rourke, J a m e s ................... 30

“ Pao Tsi (Sure ALL) ” pills 40Parizkova, A n n a .................. 33P ecanka, V a c la v .............. 33, 34Pefcopoulos, A lexandre . . . . 5P ere tt i , J e a n - B a p t i s t e 10Ping A n T ranspor ting Co. .. 4P iperevsky, Nicolas P 3Plachtzik , R e i n h a r d .............. 40Plicka, J a r o s l a v ..................... 33Polanska, M a r i e ..................... 34Politis, George C...................... 29Poncet, H e n r i .......................... 10Poon, Samuel .......................... 41Poon Suey L o n g ..................... 41Prince W ilton W ilkinson . . . 35Prospery, V i c t o r ..................... 5P um Ca'i S e n g .......................... 18

Quan May J o o n g ................... 41Q uietonovâ, M a r i e ................ 33

Radeff, Todor I v a n o f f 3R ahm an , H a b i b ..................... 36Rauch , Dr. H u b e r t .............. 2Ravoulisheff ............................ 38“ Red Lion ” m ark 14, 15 (2), 17 “ Red Lion, Lion & Globe ”

m a r k ................................... 14 (3)Re E i R in ................................. 28Rio, A lexandre P .M ................ 30Rogers, Joseph C..................... 30R o p i n .......................................... 23Roques, F erd inand . . . . 23, 36Russel, J e s t e r .......................... 29Russo, S a m ............................... 29R utherford , Leslie R obert . 29R yu D ai F u k u .......................... 28R yu In Ko ............................... 28R yu Y ui Ko ............................ 28

Saburo, W a t a n a b e ................ 4“ Sadie ” ................................... 10Sai Ho K y o .............................. 28Sai Suo L i n g ............................ 28Sai Zun K i ................................. 28Sakhash i ................................... 4Sam, P i e r r e .............................. 10Sam W a h Y ick K e e .............. 40San Gabriel W ine Co., New

Y ork .............................. 24, 25S a ta k e .......................................... 38

N a m e P a g e

Saul, Morris ......................... jgSchatz, F rances ................. , jqSchatz, Morris ......................" jqScherler, Guillermo M. . ! ". ! 2Schneider, J o s e p h ! ’ . 32Schreier, A n t o i n e " ̂ ' 34Setrakian , T a k v o r ............\ \ 3S h i m a .........................................’ gSic V a .................................... igSié T o n g ................ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 18Skala, Jo seph ......................... 33Smith, K u rt ............................... " oSo Se Do .................................. 28Soo H o o .................................... 20Soo Hoo, G e o rg e .................... 20Soo Sui Sang, C an ton 40Soutor, C h a r le s ....................... 31Sprung, M a x ........................ ! ] 30Stadens, Stado ....................... 10Stanko, E m i l e ......................... 32Stanzel, François .................. 39Stefano, Pierre ....................... 10Stickor, Rodolphe ................ 39Stoll, Charles ......................... 33“ Stork & Pine Tree ” m ark 7Sugano, Masao ....................... 28Sun H s u e h - t in g ...................... 26S u zu k i.......................................... 38Sezuura, R y u s a k u .................. 28Swartz. C. T .............................. 24Swartz, L e s l i e ......................... 24

Ta Hon H a n ............................ 7T am A S e i ................................ 17T am Choi ................................ lgTam F o n g ................................ 17T am H o n g ................................ 18T am T a c ..................................... 18T am ara Handeslgesellschaft,

H a m b u r g .............................. 13Tan, Felipe Diacson ............ 17T ang Shih Yee, Dr. . . . 23, 41Tashiro, 1.................................... 28Tchan Sai S o u ......................... 17Tcheong T c h a n ...................... 18Tchoutcheff, P e t e r ................ 3Tei In F uku ............................ 28Tei Ki D o ................................... 28Tei K oku I c h i ......................... 28Tei San S ei................................ 28Tei Shei K an ......................... 28Terada, T a k a n i ...................... 28Thiele, E d o u ard ..................... 34“ Three Lions ” m a r k 17“ Tiger ” B r a n d ..................... 35“ To T uug ” Cough Pills . . . 40Todoroff, Todor N .................. 3T o k iw a z a ................................... 6Tong H en ................................ 18T o r i k a i ........................................ 38Tou V a i ..................................... 18Toyoshugi, Sugitaro ............ 28Tsang B o o t .............................. 13Tsang K u n g L i n g .................. 4Tsen Siao H a i ......................... 7Tseu Yeu Ling ....................... 7Tsunoda .. . . 7 ......................... 4

Ung 1........................................... 18

V afnadis, Kleovoulos ......... 5V alianatos, G e ra s s im o 36Vaphiades, K leovoulos 5Varon, Meyer Nessim ......... 3V ita , A rth u r d e ....................... 29Vitale, S a lv a to r e .................... 29Vitale, S a m .............................. 29Volkan, J o s e p h .............. 32, 34Vondras, H e n r i ....................... 31Vong Foo ................................ 18Vong lo ..................................... 18Vong P a t Ku .......................... 17Vong San ......................... 18 (2)Vong S e n g ................................ 17Vopickovâ, E m i l i e ................ 32V o r o n .......................................... 38

W ah, L o u i s .............................. 40W alker, J o h n n i e .................... 25W alter, H ................................... 23

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N a m e P a g e

W alte r , L o u i s .......................... 31W a n g Y a o - T s u ........................ 4W a ta n a b e ................................... 4W eigelt, F r e d e r i c ................... 34Weiss, A d o l p h e ....................... 32W in g W o Chong H u n g Kee

Co., New Y o r k ................... 40W ong Ko Z e n .......................... 28W ong K u n g L i n g ................... 7W ong Lih ................................. 7W ong C h u e n ............................ 21W ong W o ................................. 20

N a m e P a g e

Woo C h in g -sh u ........................ 27Woo Tuh M i n g ........................ 39W ou Sho S h u n ........................ 28W u Ten F u k e e ....................... 28

Y an W a ..................................... 13Y ang C h ie h - h s u a n ................. 39Yano, S........................................ 28Y a w a f i ........................................ 24Yee C o o e y ................................. 13Yee Sing ................................... 25Yee W a h ................................... 20

N a m e p age

Yen, J o h n ........................... 20“ Y ick Kee ” m ark . . . 16, 21Ying K e e ............................. 20Y u Te C h o n g ...................... 17Y ung Kee, Y u n n a n ..............

Zaki El Mahdi M ahm oud . . 37Zau Kyo C h i n ................... 28Zau Shou K o ...................... 28Zion, Eshua Ben Menachem 3Zung Tsu Zai .......................... 4Zung Y ah Kee, N antao . . . 7