This document is communicated to Governments for

confidential information in view of the fact that it has not yet

been considered by the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium

and other Dangerous Drugs.

[Communicated to th e Council and the Members of th e League.]

Official No. : Q. 498. EVI. 251 . 1933 . XI. [O.C.294 (p).]

Geneva, July 1st, 1933 .

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC

IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

SUMMARYOF

ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS

AND SEIZURESREPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

BETWEEN APRIL 1 s t AND JUNE 3 0 t h , 1 9 3 3

o inm un iqu é au Conseil et

Membres de la Société.

No officiel: C.498. M.251. 1933, XI.(O.C.294[p]).

ERRATUM.

Genève, le 23 janvier 1934.

SOCIETE DES NATIONS

COMMISSION CONSULTATIVE DU TRAFIC DE L’OPIUM ET AUTRES

DROGUES NUISIBLES

Résumé des transactions illicites et des saisies communiquées au Secrétariat de la Société des Nations du 1er avril au 30 juin 1933.

E R R A T U M

Cas No. 836, page 9

D ’après de nouvelles informations reçues par le Secrétariat,

il ne s ’agissait pas d ’une affaire de fabrication clandestine, mais

d adultération et de distribution illicite de drogues.

Ce cas ne devrait donc pas figurer sous la rubrique Partie II.A.

Rapport sur la découverte de fabrication clandestine de stupéfiants'",

mais devrait être inclus parmi les saisies, comme suit:

Partie II B. - Nouveaux cas de saisies. 5. Cocaïne.

Dans le résumé du cas No. 836, sous le No. 3 (a), au lieu de

Matériel pnur la fabrication de drogues", lire;

"Matériel pour l ’adultération et la distribution de drogues.

Page 22, la Note, placée au-dessous du Cas 893, page 2 2 est à supprimer.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS.

Summary o f illicit transactions and seizures reported to the Secretariat of the League o f Nations between April 1st and June 30th, 1933.

E R R A T U M

Case No. 836, page 9.

According to further information received by the Secretariat

this case was not one of clandestine manufacture but of adulteration and

illicit distribution of drugs.

It should thereiore not appear under the heading of Part II.A.-

Reports on the Discovery of Clandestine M a n u f a c t u r e of Narcotic Drugs ,

but should be included among the Seizures, as follows:-

Part II.B - New cases of Seizures. 5. Cocaine.

Item 3(a), fourth line of the Summary of Case No. 836 should,

instead of "Apparatus for the manufacture of drugs' read:

"Apparatus for the adulteration and distribution of drugs.

The Note following Case No. 893 on page 22 should be suppressed.

P A R T I.

CASES R E PO R T E D IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH F U R T H E R INFORMATION HAS REEN RECEIVED.

No. 443.—Seizure of Morphine at H am burg : Del Gracio Case.

O . C . / A . R . The Central Narcotics intelligence Bureau, Cairo, reports (April 1933)i9p n r 994 /t. ) nncp 19 ^ a t , according to a statement made by Elie Eliopoulos in August 1931, be ' ’ “ the consignment of morphine was ordered by Del Gracio in 1930 from1083/1072. the Kuskundjuk Factory run by Mechelaere at Istanbul, to be specially

packed in cases of machine parts. Mechelaere promised to despatch the morphine through Hamburg, but he intended to extract the morphine from the cases and send only the machine parts to America. He made arrangements with Roman Zahar, a commission agent of Istanbul and with Ekrem Bey, manager of the “ Compagnie Interconti­nentale 1,1 of Prague, with branches at Hamburg and Istanbul, to despatch the cases to Karl Frank at Hamburg, instructing him to find a purchaser for the drugs and to forward the machine parts to America. Frank got into touch with Gourievides, who approached Del Gracio as a possible buyer. Del Gracio was therefore being asked to buy his own consignment He at once went to Istanbul to see Mechelaere, who declared tha t it was not Del Gracio’s consignment at Hamburg, but Del Gracio was suspicious and, through Constantin Belokas, got an introduc­tion to Seya Moses in Berlin. He left for Berlin accompanied by Elie Abouissac and it was on his arrival there th a t he was arrested by the German authorities.

No. 541.—Illicit Traffic in D rugs at Opava, Czechoslovakia, July and August 1931.

See O.C.294 page 12. The Government of Czechoslovak ia reports (December 21st, 1932) •28965/157 that no drugs were seized in connection with this case and that the enquiries

undertaken by the Czech authorities for the purpose of ascertaining the origin of the drugs concerned led to no result. In addition to fines

for infraction against the law concerning excise duties inflicted on a number of persons involved in this case, the following individuals were fined for infraction of the narcotic drugs laws : Charles Hônig, a fine of 5,000 kr., or twenty-five days’ imprisonment ; Leopold Schrotter, a fine of 1.500 kr., or seven days’ imprisonment ; Bruno Liebreich, a fine of 200 kr., or twenty-four hours’ imprisonment.

No. 552.— Illicit Traffic by M echel Halpern, Baruch Kleiner and Nussenbaum , February and March 1932.

See O.C.29i(l ), page 16, The Austrian representative on the Advisory Committee reports pa»^,^ (May 8th, 1933) that the Istanbul police have communicated to the

Austrian police the following information concerning this affair : The 35696/ 1 5 7 . investigations undertaken by the Istanbul police have revealed that no

publishing firm of the name of Walter exists at Jüksekkaldirim No. 522, Istanbul. Formerly an Austrian named Fritz Plaschki occupied this shop and the son of Mechel Halpern, Abraham David (Polish), worked with him. The Roumanian, Walter Dezeder, lived atPera, a quarter of Istanbul, but he left on June 21st, 1932, by train for Bulgaria. A search was made at the premises occupied by David and Plaschki (rue Aynalicesme, No. 27) and 11 kg. of a white powder and scales were seized. An analysis of the powder proved that it was not a narcotic poison. Abraham David left Istanbul on February 10th, 1932, for Germany.

No. 558.—Seizure at N ew York, ex the " Ile-de-France ”, April 1932 : Joseph Frankel Case.

0.C.S.116. A / . Mondanel, Divisional Commissioner of the French Sûreté Générale.paces'i'"'94 '!{’% Paris, informed the Advisory Committee, during its session in May 1933,O.C.294fn)1,1 pa<r’e 5, tha t this consignment of toys had been shipped in five cases by the firm andÔ.C.294(ojîpage 7.of Bernard, of Paris, at the request of a certain Charles Condyser, 33, See also O.C.S.tiO. rue Montholon, Paris, who is, however, unknown at this address. The1383/.- 7, f i r m of Bernard stated tha t this individual had declared that he was

going to Cherbourg to embark on the Olympic. Some days after the seizure in New York, the American authorities sent the French police

photographs of a bill and letter discovered in the residence of Frankel. The bill was for the purchase of a hundred dozen toy lanterns with the heading Condyser, 33, rue Montholon,

, ‘ For th e l i s t ol prev ious references to th e pe rsons m e n t io n e d a bove , see Case No. 901, of th is doc u m e n t . P rev ious reference to thf •• In te rc o n t in e n ta le " fo rw a rd ing agency will a lso be found in d o c u m e n t O .C/294(7A page 87, and No. 867, of th is d ocum en t , “ 'addit ion to th e b ra n c h es of th is f i rm a t th e places m e n t io n e d above , th e re a re a lso b ranches a t Trieste , B u d a p e s t and B urgas, B u lgaria .

o70 (F .) 545 {A.) 10 /33 .— lm p . R éunies , S. A-, C h am b éry .

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and the letter contained the address of a toyshop establishment in Paris. At this establishment it was learnt that a man called Wolf, 30, rue de la Bienfaisance, Paris, had ordered certain toys, bringing cases for packing the goods and taking them away in taxis. At No. 30, rue de la Bienfaisance no one of the name of Wolf is known. But from information received it appeared tha t the description of Wolf corresponded with tha t of Condyser. Interrogation of the taxi- drivers concerned revealed the identity of the packer who made the cases and the garage where they were provisionally stored before shipment. The packer stated tha t a client named Liezel, Hôtel Moderne, Paris, had placed several orders for cases with him, but Liezel was unknown at the Hotel Moderne. In a number of photographs shown to him, however, the packer recognised one, a photo of Polakiewitz, as being that of his client, who had taken in turn the names of Condyser, Wolf and Liezel. The manager of the garage said tha t he had let the garage for three months to a certain Adolphe Caro, who is none other than Polakiewitz. On June 18th, 1932, Polakiewitz was surprised and arrested in Paris, together with Herzberg, his principal accomplice, in the act of packing morphine in a cardboard box. They had also on the premises 1 kg. of morphine paste contained in a basin. Polakiewitz admitted that two parcels of slippers, discovered during the search at the garage, represented the remains of a consignment of four cases of slippers, in which he had placed some 15 kg. of morphine, shipped at Havre on the s.s. Vincent on the same day as his arrest. The American authorities, who were at once informed by the French Sûreté Générale of the facts, seized the four cases and found in one of them 15 kg. 851 grs. of morphine. 1 Polakiewitz added that he had made the two shipments on the Ile-de-France and on the Vincent for the account of Adelman, alias Edelman Fish, alias I. Givot, to whom he wrote at the Hotel Roosevelt at New York. He further stated tha t the narcotics seized on the Ile-de-France had been sold to him by one “ Jim ”, not identified. The narcotics seized on the Vincent had, he said, been sold to him by Ignacio Endler, alias Jules Emdler, who left France abruptly in June 1932. At the time of his arrest, Polakiewitz had on him a passport, issued at Ottawa on November 16th, 1930, in the name of Maurice Davis, stating that he was a British subject ; this passport had visas from different countries in Europe. I t is also known that he was receiving letters from two countries in Central Europe at his tailor’s address, and, lastly, in the Paris branch of an American bank, evidence was found of four payments into his name made in one month, and totalling some 20.000 dollars. At the hotel where he was actually staying he had taken the name of George Ross, born at Cardiff. Great Britain.

No. 574.—Seizures at Canton during Second Quarter of 1932.

See O.C.294 (mj, page 5. A seizure of 454 grammes of ethylmorphine in sixteen one-oz. 315/157(6) bottles marked Burgoyne, Burbidge & Co., East Ham, London, was

among those reported under this heading. The British representative on the Advisory Committee reports (November 7th, 1932) that, as the Geneva

Convention of 1925 does not apply to this drug, it was not at that time controlled in the United Kingdom or in any of the Colonies. The British representative suggested that, as ethylmorphine is not a drug of addiction, it was presumably being passed off in the illicit traffic as morphine.

No. 633.—Seizure at Alexandria, ex the s.s. “ Patris II ” , in A ugust 1932.

See O.C.294(m), The Centred Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, reports (June 7th.o e 1933) that Isaac Amiel w'as acquitted by the French Consular Court,

• Alexandria, on March 24th. 1933.38857/157.

No. 737.—Seizure on the Suez-Cairo Road in February 1933.

SeeO.C.294fo/#,pagelO. The Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, reports (June 29th.2842/387 1933) that Gad Farag Mohd was sentenced to one year and a-half’s

im prisonm ent and a fine of £E200. This sentence was confirmed on appeal. The other accused were not prosecuted.

No. 770.—Seizure at Shanghai, Septem ber 1932, of " Native Morphine ” c o n c e a l e d

in B askets of Eggs.

r f r 9cm'/S ‘! ° 0 arU\(i The Chinese representative on the Advisory Committee c o m m u n i c a t e dU.L.294foyj, page iy. Q report on thig cage Qn April 27th. 1933.' The details given in this

39734/157. report tally with those contained in the document summarised u n d e r

this heading.

No. 771.—Seizure at Shanghai, Septem ber 1932, of “ Native Morphine ” and " Native Opium ” concealed in Tubs of Brown Sugar.

andr>n The remarks on the preceding case apply also to this case.0.0.294(0,/, page20 . r ° r l J

39734/157.

1 See d o c u m e n t O .C .294 ( m ) , pages 14 a n d 15, N o . 612.

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No. 798.—Seizure at Riga, 1932 : Paul Crépin Case.

See O . C . 2 9 4 (o), The German Government reports (May 18th, 1933) that enquiriespage 2 8 . instituted into this case have established the fact th a t the cocaine seized•>661/387. belonged to two consignments of 1£ kg. delivered by the firm of Merck &

Co., Darmstadt, to the firm of Drogerihandels A./B. Tammerfors, F in lan d , in October 1931 and March 1932. The first consignment was delivered on Export C er t i f i c a te No. 2445, issued on July 16th, 1931, on the receipt of an import licence No. 62 from the authorities in Finland and the second on Export Certificate No. 577, issued on December 10th, 1931, under import licence No. 75. The import of these two consignments was acknowledged by th e Finnish authorities on January 20th and September 20th, 1932. The German G o v e r n m e n t is in communication with the Finnish Government on the subject and further in f o r m a t i o n will be sent as soon as it is received.

Sole.—The date given in document O.C.294(o), page 28, No. 798 should read December 31st. 1932, instead of December 31st, 1931.

No. 807. —Seizure at Cairo in October 1932 : E m ile Habib Khouri Case.

See O .C .2 9 4 (o), The Director of Ihe Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo,p a g e 3 1 . reports (April 25th, 1933) tha t Emile Habib Khouri was sentenced to39791/157. five years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000. His Greek accomplices

were tried by the Greek Consular Court, and sentenced as follows : Nicolas Blessas (Plessas) to four months’ imprisonment and a fine of 100 drachmas, and A lex an d re Petrides to one month and a-half’s imprisonment and a fine of 100 drachmas.

RESULTS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMEBICA IN CONNECTION W ITH SEVERAL CASES OF ILLICIT TRAFFIC

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

0.C .294(I), page 9 . No. 529.—Eligio Bojorquez was sentenced to three years in thepenitentiary, and Robert Wilson to two years eleven months’ imprison­ment.

1383 1 57 (8 2 ) .

0 .C.294(I), page 11. No. 537.—Napoleon Matecito was sentenced to two years six months’

1383 157(87).imprisonment and Earl R. Newton and Joyce Thomas each to one year six months’ imprisonment.

0.C.294 f/n), page 9. No. 593.—Julio Angulio was sentenced to two years in the

1383/157(87).penitentiary.

0.C.294fm). page 10. No. 594.—Benjamin Wong was sentenced to thirty-six months’

1383/157(88).imprisonment and a fine of >2 0 0 .

O.C.294 (m), page 11. No. 597.—Edward K. Akana was given a five-year suspendedC .2 9 4 fo ), page 8 . sentence and placed on probation during th a t period. Hong Chack

1383/157(90) and (92). was acquitted.

0.C.294 (m), page 11. No. 598.—Wong Ivoon Lieu was given a suspended sentence of five

1383/157(92). years.

0.C .294(m), page 15. No. 613.—B. R. Magoffin was sentenced to two years in the

1383/157(88). penitentiary.

0.C.294 (m), page 19, No. 629.—José Villasenor was sentenced to two and a-half yearsand Pa=e 6- imprisonment and a fine of $200.1383/157(90).

Û C.294f/i), page 11. No. 660.—One of the Chinese implicated in this case was sentenced'383/157(93) to three years’ imprisonment. He appealed. The other is a fugitne

from justice.

° -C .2 9 4 fn ) , page 12. No. 663.—Jack Harper is reported killed on December 31st, 1932.

'383/157(94).

°'C.294(n), page 15. No. 671.— Estella Alexander was given a five-year suspended*383/157(95) sentence. James E. Smith was acquitted.

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O.C.294 (o), pages 13 No. 750.—Angelo del Santo was sentenced to seven years’ imprison- and 14• ment and Elizabeth Berg to one year and a day. Rufus F. Davis was

1383/157(96). sentenced to fourteen months in the penitentiary. Angelo Bosco toone year in the penitentiary on the first count and three years on the

second, which was suspended on condition tha t he be deported. Marcel Duteurtre to one month’s imprisonment, and deportation and Marie Muntz to a five years’ suspended sentence.

O.C.294fo^, page 27. No. 795.—George Norman was sentenced to two years in the1383/157(96). penitentiary.

C).C.294fo>, page 29. No. 801.—Carlo Lorenzo Privileggio w as sentenced to twenty-two1*81/388(1) m onths in the penitentiary.

P A R T I I .

A. R E PO R TS ON T HE DISCOVERY OFCLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS.

R. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INTO TH E 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 .

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. 830.— Seizure of D rugs in the International Settlem ent, Shanghai, in a Raid on a Morphine and Heroin Factory on May 23rd, 1932.

1. O.C./A.R. 1932/5. 3775/1072.2. Municipal council of the Shanghai International Settlement. Report received by the

Secretariat, April 28th. 1933.3(u. Morphine : 49 kg. 991 grs. (1,760J oz).

Heroin : 4 kg. 317 grs. (152 oz.).Liquid containing 22.5 per cent of heroin : 42 kg. 714 grs. (1,504 oz.).Complete laboratory outfit.

5. Persons implicated : ten Chinese and one Japanese.8. Municipal council authorities raided a morphine and heroin factory at 18, Hashing

Road when the above persons were arrested.9. Of the ten Chinese, one was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined $5,000 ;

six were sentenced to one year and six months’ imprisonment and fined $3,000 ;two to one year’s imprisonment and fined 82,000 ; and one was discharged. The Japanese was ordered by the Japanese Consular Court to pay a fine of 50 yen.

Xo. 831.—Discovery of a Clandestine Morphine Factory at Pera, Istanbul, on June 22nd, 1933.

1. 0.C.S.135. 5376/387."2. Turkish Government, June 27th, 1933.3w. Morphine : 150 kg.5. Persons implicated : Kotcho ; Marko Theodorides, hat-maker, Galata ; Andros ; Constan-

tinides ; Arnaki, chemist .1

8. A morphine factory was discovered in a house occupied by Kotcho at Pera. At the sametime, two persons working in the factory were arrested and also Theodorides,the real owner of the undertaking. At Galata itself two other persons, going under the names of Andros and Const ant inides, and the chemist of the factory, Arnaki, were arrested. Apparatus and instruments in sufficient quantities to manufacture about 18 kg. of morphine base per month were discovered. An initial enquiry revealed t hat a quantity of about 150 kg. of morphine had been manufactured in the factory, a large part of which had been despatched by various means to Marseilles, where it had been converted into morphine salts and heroin. A further report is expected from the Turkish authorities.

Xo. 832.— Traffic in D rugs by the Balkan Products Co., Radomir, Bulgaria, 1932-33.

1 O.C./A.R.1932/3. 1083/1072. C.385.M.193.1933.XI (O.C.1494(l)). 2888/793.2 Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, April 1933.

Bulgarian Government, May 26th, 1933.3(b). Heroin : Quantity not stated.5- Persons implicated : Metodi Lazoff, Bulgarian ; Hagop, Armenian, manager of the Ermis

Conserve factory at Is tanbuls; Joseph Raskin ; 2 Leonoff Goldstein; 2 Lazar Halfun ; Kirkor Tchouroukdidjian.

* Previous m e n t io n of t h e c h e m is t A rn a k i wil l be found in Case No. 834, of th is docum ent . fa„i 0r Previous refe rence to J o s e p h R a s k in , see Case N o. U01, of th is d o c u m e n t . The Erm is fac to ry a t I s ta n b u l was Hie (inliW produced th e “ conse rves " m e n t io n e d in d o c u m e n t O .C .294 ( g ) , i>at;e 11, Case No. 31. P rev ious m e n t io n of Leonoff

stein will be found in d o c u m e n t O.C.294, pages 78 a n d 79. See a lso confidentia l d o c u m e n t Q.C.S.106.

8 . The factory started work at the beginning of October 1932, and the report stated that considerable quantities of heroin manufactured were smuggled out of the country in double-bottomed trunks into Germany and France en route principally for Hamburg for the American market, and for Marseilles en route for Egypt and the Far East.

The Bulgarian Government states that the factory at Radomir began operations before it had been inspected by the health authorities and before it had obtained a licence to manufacture. When the factory was inspected in February 1933, no registers nor correspondence could be found. The authorities are still endeavouring to ascertain to what extent the assertions in regard to the output of this factory are correct. The factory was closed, and its owner, Lazoff, fined. The substance found in his factory was confiscated. He himself is under constant supervision, but at the present time there are no legislative measures in force which would enable any other action to be taken against him.

No. 833.—Discovery of a Clandestine D rug Factory near Dairen, February 1932.

1. O.C.S.82. 36937/157.2. Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee, October 3rd, 1932.3(a). Heroin : 311 grammes, besides a small quantity not stated.

(b). Heroin: 15 kg.5. Persons implicated . K. Azuma ; G. Saito ; M. Torii ; K. Ikeda ; K. Horii ; Miyamoto :

lnamura, all of Dairen.8 . Miyamoto and lnamura were arrested with a small quantity of heroin in their possession.

Enquiries led to the discovery of the factory, which was raided and the other accused arrested. Azuma was apparently the principal person concerned in the undertaking. In August 1931, he planned the affair with G. Saito ; a house was rented and the apparatus installed. This was completed by the end of November. Torii and Ikeda were employed to assist Saito. Certain quantities of benzylmorphine were imported illicitly from Tientsin by Horii and, up to February 5th, 1932, 15 kg. of heroin had been manufactured and sold illicitly to Horii and other persons. The 311 grammes of heroin were seized in the factory.

9. The accused, thirteen in number, were all handed ovei to the judicial authorities for trial.

No. 834.—Discovery of a Workshop for the Secret Manufacture of Heroin at Istanbulon October 23rd, 1932.

1. O.C.S.121. 19229/3541.2. Turkish Government, May 13th, 1933.5. Persons implicated : Louka oglou Girimaldis, Istematoglou Nikola, Aianasoglou D im it r i

and Nikola oglou Hiristo, of Greek nationality; Ermando, of Italian nationality: Prodromos oglou Aristidi and Ketchedji Zade Hayri Bey, of Turkish nationality.

8 . In the course of a search in the Cumhuriyet Building, Kurtuluche No. 143, Istanbul.the police discovered a heroin-manufacturing workshop comprising shee t- i ron ovens, filters, various instruments and appliances, lactic acid, and a quantity of Bellock’s charcoal.

9. The case has been brought before the courts.

No. 835.—Clandestine Manufacture of D rugs at Istanbul in April 1933 : D j a m a d a n i Case.

1. O.C.S.120. 3673/387.2. Turkish Government, May 17th, 1933.3 .(a) Heroin : 11 kg. 250 grs.5. Persons implicated : Yorgi Djamadani ;* Niko Djamadani ; Bernard Blumenthal. owner

of the Kiraon heroin factory at Beyoglou; Dimitri Dimitriadis, of Fener; C o n s t a n t i n ,

of Kourtoulouche ; Kadri Bey, road and transport engineer ; Raka ; Kosti a n d hi?

son Istelyo ; Nicolas ; Mirdjan, electrician ; and Arnaki, 2 chemist.8 . After the closing of the narcotic drug factories at Istanbul, the discovery of heroin am>

other derivatives of opium in the contraband trade gave rise to the suspicion tha certain clandestine factories existed. The Customs Administration informed the Criminal Investigation Department tha t Niko Djamadani had agreed 1o deli'*-'1 100 kg. of heroin by a certain date at £T400 per kilo, against an advance of £T4,0lt|- The authorities thought this was a swindle, as the narcotics were not d e l i v e r e d ' ll the date fixed but, as a result of enquiries made, it proved possible to recover On

1 See d o c u m e n ts O .C .294(oJ, page 25. No. 790 ; O.C.S.93.1 See No. 831, of th is d o c u m e n t .

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above-mentioned sum, which had been paid by Yorgi Djamadani to Blumenthal. A search was made at the house of Dimitriadis, where 250 grammes of heroin were found, together with apparatus and instruments for its manufacture. During these enquiries, it was found that a part of the narcotics manufactured were hidden in the house of Constantin at Kourtoulouche, where 11 kg. of heroin were found. Informat ion was subsequently received t hat, at the Summer Palace Hotel at Terapia, raw materials intended for the manufacture of heroin had been hidden with the approval of Medovitch, owner of the Tokatlian Hotel. A further search which was made at this place also led to the discovery of ten bags of asphalt, and it was ascertained tha t five demijohns containing 1,000 kg. of acid had been destroyed by the electrician Mirdjan of the above-mentioned hotel. Further, a motor pump imported from Italy and intended for use in the heroin factory was discovered in the house of Kadri Bey.

9. The accused have been brought before the Public Prosecutor.

Xo. 836.—Clandestine Manufacture of, and Illicit Traffic in, Drugs, discovered at Barcelona on March 17th, 1933.

1. O.C.S.125. 2383/388.'2. Spanish Government, May 1933.3(u). Cocainc hydrochloride : 45 grammes.

Cocaine and novocaine : 316 grammes.Opium : 2 cakes.Apparatus for manufacture of drugs.

5. Persons implicated : Salvador Jimeno Centellas ; Josefa Latorre Gracia ; Conrado Ferrando Folch and José Garroffe Pons.

7. The bottles bore labels, presumably forged, purporting to be those of the firms of Boeh-ringer, Merck and Roche.

8. The premises rented by Centellas, Gracia and Folch and owned by Pons were searched,and the drugs and apparatus seized.

9. The accused were placed at the disposal of the Barcelona examining judge.

(B ) NEW CASES OF SEIZURES.

1. RAW OPIUM.

No. 837.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Halifax on February 13th, 1933, ex the s.s. “ B elle-Is le ” : Pierre Lavissière Case.

1. 1873/388.2. Canadian Government, May 29th, 1933.3oo. Rati' opium : 7 kg. 668 grs. (270 oz.).4. By the s.s. Belle-Isle, coming from St. Pierre. The opium is believed to be of Turkish

origin.5. Person implicated : Pierre Lavissière.7. The opium bore a label with the inscription of an Eagle, two ears of corn and the figures

13-14 on a shield.8. On searching Lavissière on his arrival at Halifax, no drugs were found. The following

day, however, he was arrested with 5 kg. 112 grs. of raw opium in his possession. On the return of the Belle-Isle to Halifax, the cabin occupied by Lavissière was searched, and a further 2 kg. 556 grs. of raw opium was discovered.

9. Lavissière was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and fined $200 or a further sixmonths.

No. 838.—Seizures at Chefoo on July 25th and Septem ber 3rd, 1932.

1. 2030/387(7).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lvall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

May 1933.3C'V. Raw opium : 1 kg. 360 grs. (36 taels).4. The opium, which was of Persian origin, was found on board the vessels Tsenglee (Chinese)

and Kyodo Maru IS (Japanese).

No. 839.—Seizures of Jehol Opium at Mukden on May 15th and August 10th, 1931.

24717/157.2- Japanese representative on the Advisory Committee, June 9th, 1933.

Haw opium : 6,874 kg.

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8 . There were two cases. In one, 549 cakes of opium were seized as they were hein» unloaded from a truck in front of a Chinese hotel at Chiyodadori, Mukden. The next day the hotel was raided and nearly the same amount found. In the second case, three Chinese were arrested in the railway zone in Mukden as they were taking opium to a Chinese hotel. This hotel was raided, and 3,450 kg. found in a room. The assistant manager declared tha t the cases in which the opium was found had been sent by military leaders in Jehol about two months previously, to await further orders.

No. 840.- Seizures of Raw Szechuan Opium in the International Settlem ent of Shanghai on June 24th and July 6th, 1932.

1. O.C./A.R. 1932/5. 3775/1072.2. Municipal council of the International Settlement, Shanghai. Report received hv the

Secretariat, April 28th. 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 63 kg. 48 grs. (2,220 oz.).5. Persons implicated : four Chinese.8 . The Narcotic Section raided some premises at 2, East Seward Road and 61, Peking Road

and seized the above-mentioned drugs.9. The four accused were each sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of §2,000.

No. 841.—Seizures of Raw Opium at Shanghai on February 19th and March 4th, 1933.

1. 2030/387(20).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

May 29th, 1933.3 (■!). Raw opium : 1 kg. 832 grs. (48| taels).4. 1 kg. 473 grm. were seized on the s.s. Bosworlh. 831 grammes were of Persian and 642

of Turkish origin. 359 grammes were seized on the s.s. IIua Shan Maru (Japanese) and came from Siberia.

No. 842.—Seizure at Port Said on January 9th, 1933, of Opium hidden in a Woodplane,

1. 1626/387.2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, January 22nd and June 19th. 1933.3 (a). Opium : 1 kg. 400 grs.5. Persons implicated : El Sayed A wad el Kadash ; Abdou el Sayed el Kadash (known a?

Abdou el Mor), of Port Said ; Mohammed Hagong, of Port Said, and A wad el Sayed el Kadash, of Mansur a.

8 . The opium was found in a woodplane in a basket of tools carried by El Sayed Awad elKadash when arrested a t the railway station at Port Said. Investigations led to the arrest of the other persons implicated. During a search of the house of Awad elSayed el Kadash al Bandar Mansura a quantity of opium was found.

9. El Sayed Awad el Kadash was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of £E200.He was further fined £E1 40 mills, by the Customs Commission. The others were acquitted.

No. 843.—Seizure of Raw Opium at Port Said ex the s.s. “ Sarita ” on April 19th, 1933.

1. 3874/387.2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, April 25th and June 19th, 1933.3(a) . Raw opium : 987 grammes.4. By the s.s. Sarita (Norwegian), coming from Constanza.5. Person implicated : found in the possession of Lo Kwai, Chinese stoker on board.9. Lo Kwai was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of £E200. %

No. 844. Seizure of 2 kg. 500 grs. of Opium at Suez on May 3rd, 1933.

1. 4105/387.2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 8 th and June 19th. 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 2 kg. 500 grs. (2 okes).4. Procured by Ismail from a Messageries Maritimes steamer proceeding to the Red Sea.5. Person implicated : Amin Eff. Ismail, Clerk, Shell Co.7. The opium was wrapped in a paper bearing trees inscription and the number 4143.

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ft. Ismail was sentenced to one year and a-half’s imprisonment :and a fine of £E200. He was further sentenced by the Customs Commission to a fine of £E2 210 mills.

No. 845.—Seizure of Opium at Suez, May 8th, 1933 : Case of Mahmoud Soliman Lashine.

1. 4247/387.2 . Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 15th, 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 20 grs.5. Person implicated : the opium was found in the possession of Mahmoud Soliman Lashine,

bumboatman, arrested when disembarking from the Cabrella (Messrs. Worms & Co.)]9. Lashine was sent to the Parquet for disposal.

No. 846.—Seizure of Opium at Douai and Dunkirk, June 8th and 10th, 1932.

1. O.C.S.68 and 116. 37526/157.2. French Government, June 17th, 1932.3(a). Opium : 56 kg. (net). Also 64 kg. (gross) contained in two suitcases, together with three

small packets of a white drug.5. Persons implicated : Constantin Spironatsi, Greek sailor living at Antwerp ; Jean Paolino,

not identified } Anastosius Peroulis,1 Greek sailor, no fixed residence ; Stelios Skiardas. not traced.

8. Spironatsi was arrested at the railway station at Douai, as he was taking two suitcasesfrom the luggage office. Spironatsi stated tha t he had come from Antwerp toRoubaix, where he had met Paolino, who had asked him to go to Douai to take the two suitcases out of the luggage office and to leave them at the Gare du Nord atParis. These suitcases contained opium and three packets of a white drug andweighed 64 kg. (gross). The same day at Lille station two suitcases were taken from the luggage office by an unknown person and registered for Dunkirk. These suitcases had been sent from Marseilles-Saint Charles, on February 29th, 1932, and it was found tha t the two suitcases seized in the possession of Spironatsi had been despatched on the same date from Marseilles-Saint Charles. On June 10th,Peroulis went to Dunkirk station to withdraw the two suitcases tha t had beenregistered from Lille. He was arrested, and the two suitcases were found to contain 56 kg. of opium. Questioned as to the origin of the drug, Peroulis declared that he had met Skiardas a t Amsterdam on May 8 th and went with him to Dunkirk. A short time afterwards, Skiardas asked Peroulis to take out two trunks from the station, and on this occasion Peroulis was arrested. It should be noted that Peroulis was arrested at Tourcoing, on March 3rd, 1932, in connection with another case together with two other traffickers, Hercule Spyridakis and Théodore Calafatopoulos. These two traffickers were sentenced, but Peroulis on this occasion was acquitted.

No. 847.—Seizure of 10 kg. of Turkish Opium at St. Nazaire on October 30th, 1932, in the Possession of Lucien Lagadec.

1. O.C.S.l 16. 18819/157(2).2. M. Mondanel, Divisional Commissioner of the French Sûreté Générale, Paris, during the

session of the Advisory Committee in May 1933.3f<v. Raw opium : 10 kg.4. By the s.s. Ile-de-France.5. Person implicated : Lucien Lagadec, postal clerk on board the vessel.7. Marked “ Qualité extra supérieure Grande Maison de Commerce fondée en 1904,

Istamboul ”.8. Found in the possession of Lagadec, who was attempting to smuggle it from the vessel.

It is believed tha t he had attempted to dispose of this opium in New York without success.

9. Lagadec was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of 12,000 francs.

No. 848.—Seizure of Turkish Opium at Tourcoing on Septem ber 6th, 1932, in the P ossession of a Chinese and m arked with the Label of M. Theodorides, Istanbul.

!■ O.C.S.l 16. 4322/793.2- M. Mondanel, Divisional Commissioner of the French Sûreté Générale, Paris, during the

meeting of the Advisory Committee in May 1933.Raw opium : 9 kg.

5- Person implicated : Yeh Tee-Hui.

1 Peroulis was a lso im p l ic a te d in a p rev ious case in J u n e 1930 a t R oo ie ndae l . See d o c u m e n t O .C .294 ( 1 ) , p a g e i 140 a n d 141.

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7. Marked “ Qualité extra extra supérieure, Grande maison de Commerce fondée en 1904.M. Théodorides Istamboul Galata Grand’rue Voyvoda No. 96 ”, and the mark of a lion.

8 . Found in the double bottom of a trunk belonging to accused, who had left Amsterdamon August 31sl, 1932, with a passport for the Netherlands Indies.

No. 849.—Seizures at The Hague and Rotterdam on May 2nd and 22nd, 1933.

1. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, June 10th, 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 2 kg. 500 grs.

Prepared opium : 15 small packets.5. Persons implicated : The accused were both of Chinese nationality.8 . There were two cases. The raw opium was purchased from some unknown negroes

near Anen for 25 florins. The prepared opium was bought in Russia for £1 10s. the 100 grammes.

9. One Chinese was sentenced to a fine of 25 florins or ten days’ detention and the otherto three weeks’ imprisonment.

No. 850.—Seizures of Raw Opium at Curaçao on March 8th and May 7th, 1932,

1. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th. 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 19 kg. 370 grs.4. 18 kg. on March 8 th. by the s.s. Capsa, Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., British, coming from

Rouen. 1 kg. 370 grs. on May 7th by the s.s. Mirza, Shell Co., coming from Rouen and Rotterdam.

No. 851.—Seizure of Raw Persian Opium at Curaçao on October 23rd, 1932.

1. O.C.S.122. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th, 1933.3(a) . Raw opium : 850 grammes.4. On the s.s. Horn Shell, Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., British, coming from Rotterdam

and Hamburg.5. Two Chinese sailors living in Rotterdam.7. In two packages wrapped in paper bearing an inscription in Arabic characters.8 . The accused claimed to have bought the opium from foreigners in Rotterdam for £2.9. The accused were fined 300 and 200 florins respectively.

No. 852.—Seizure of Turkish Raw Opium at Curaçao on Decem ber 7th, 1932.

1. O.C.S.123. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th, 1933.3caj. Raw opium : 1 kg. 250 grs.4. By the s.s. Magdala, Ncderlandsche-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij, Dutch

coming from the United States.5. Person implicated : a Chinese employed on board the vessel.7. In four packets labelled “ Qualité extra extra supérieure, Grande Maison de C o m m é r e r

d’opium, fondée en 1904. M. Theodorides, Istamboul, Galata, Grand’rue V o y v o d a ,

No. 98 ”.8 . The opium was found on the accused, who stated that he had obtained it for £6 from a

dealer who came on board the vessel when passing through the Bosphorus. 1 heopium was hoisted on board by means of ropes and the money paid over by the sann- device.

9. The accused was fined 150 florins.

No. 853.—Seizures of R aw Opium at Tandjoenpriok on Decem ber 14th, 1932, a n d

January 2nd, 1933.

1. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th, 1933.3(a) . Raw opium : 29 kg. 329 grs.

Prepared opium : 3 kg. 518 grs.Dross : 74 grammes.

4. Seized on vessels of the Java-China-Japan Line coming from China. 27 kg. 929 gi’s-of raw opium were of Persian origin.

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7 . 15 kg. 855 grs. of raw Persian opium seized on January 2nd, 1933, were marked <^v&eT>.

13 kg. 474 grs. of raw opium bore no mark. The prepared opium was also seized on January 2nd, and was in 100 oblong boxes bearing the mark “ Lion, Globe and Serpent ” , with Chinese characters.

No. 854.—Seizures at Brooklyn, N.Y., on February 24th, 1933, and at New York on March 10th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(8). Nos. 204 and 210.2 Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government

May 18th, 1933.3(a). At Brooklyn : Raw opium : 1 kg. 364 grs. (3 lb.).

At New York : Poppy heads : 368 kg. 145 grs. (810 lb.).4. The raw opium on the s.s. City of Kimberley (British), coming from Calcutta ; it was taken

on board at Port Said. The poppy heads on the Victoria Maru (Japanese), coming from Japan.

5. Person implicated in the seizure of raw opium : Ali Smile, a native of Malay. The poppyheads were consigned to J. E. Bernard & Co., New York.

8 . The opium was found in the quarters of Ali Smile on board the vessel.9. Ali Smile was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. There was no prosecution in the

case of the poppy heads.

No. 855.—Seizure of Raw Opium at M anila on January 27th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(7). No. 203.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

April 26th, 1933.3(a). Raw opium : 3 kg. 182 grs. (7 lb.).4. By the s.s. President Grant (Dollar Line, U.S.A.), coming from Hong-Kong.7. The opium was marked “ Yuan Tong Company ” and “ Special Grade ” in Chinese

characters. I t also bore seals with characters that were not Chinese.8 . Seized in the Chinese inspection baggage room. Customs Bureau, Manila, in unclaimed

baggage.

Note.—Seizures of raw opium were also made in connection with the following cases,which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under correspondingheadings :

Case No. 860, under “ Prepared Opium ”,Case No. 878, under “ Heroin ”. ,Case No. 893, under “ Cocaine ”.

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 :

7,170 kg. 272 grs.

2 cakes and 341 grammes of liquid opium.

2. PREPA RED OPIUM AND DROSS.

No. 856.—Seizure of Prepared Opium at Vancouver, on the s.s. “ Em press of Asia ", on Decem ber 28th, 1932.

1. 1873/388.2. Canadian Government, May 29th, 1933.3(a>. Prepared opium : 92 grammes (3£ oz.).

Liquid opium : 341 grammes (12 oz.).Dross : 71 grammes (2J oz.).Paraphernalia for smoking opium.

No. 857.—Seizures at Rotterdam on M arch 18th and 21st, 1933.

1. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th and June 19th, 1933.3f<u. Prepared opium : 230 grammes.5. Persons implicated : Chinese in both cases.9. One Chinese was sentenced to a fine of 10 florins or five days’ detention and the other

to a fine of 20 florins.

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No. 858.—Seizure at Tandjoenpriok, of Prepared Opium m arked " Lion, Globe and Serpent ” on October 26th, 1932.

1. O.C.S.124. 661/388(1).2. Netherlands Government, April 24th, 1933.3(a). Prepared opium : 25 kg. 7 grs.4. By the s.s. Tjisondari, Java-China-Japan Line (Dutch), coming from Amoy, Hong-Kong,

Muntok and Batavia.5. Person implicated : Wong Hap Lie6 Forwarding agent : Lie Koei Njan, Batavia.8 . In eighty-eight boxes hidden in two cases, part of a consignment of dry batteries for

pocket lamps. Wong Hap Lie, who was the owner of the consignment, having disap­peared, the cases were opened on October 26th.

No. 859.—Seizures of Prepared Opium at Macao, January and February 1933.

1. 529/388.2. Portuguese Government, May 1st, 1933.3 ( h) . Prepared opium : 2 kg. 229 grs. (59 taels).5. The accused were all of Chinese nationality.8 . There were eight cases.9. Fines ranged from $45 to $720. They were all paid, with the exception of the fine of §720.

In this case, the offender was sentenced to 360 days’ imprisonment in default ofpayment.

No. 860.—Seizures in Siam during the Fourth Quarter 1932.

1. 951/388.2. Siamese Government, April 4th and 17th, 1933.

Port seizures :3.(a) Prepared opium : 23 kg. 114 grs.

(616 tamlungs 36 hoons).Raw opium : 5 kg. 794 grs. (154

tamlungs 50 hoons).Dross : 1 kg. 734 grs. (46 tamlungs

25 hoons).4. The seizures were all made on vessels

coming from Swatow and Hong- Kong.

7.

8 . There were twenty cases.9. The maximum fine amounted to 4,000

ticals.

Internal seizures :205 kg. 508 grs. (5,480 tamlungs

2 hoons).8 kg. 606 grs. (229 tamlungs 50 hoons).

16 kg. 316 grs. (435 tamlungs 10 hoons).

24 kg. of prepared opium were marked “ Lion on Globe ” and 2 kg. were marked “ Lion ”,

There were thirty-three cases.Fines ranged from 1,720 to 16,055 ticals and

terms of imprisonment from fifteen days to one year.

No. 861.—Seizures at Tucson, Arizona, on February 17th and 27th and March 6 th, 1933, and at New York on May 1st, 1933.

1. 1281/388(7) and (9). Nos. 197, 198. 215 and 217.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands G o v e r n m e n t ,

April 26th and June 21st, 1933.3(a). Prepared opium : 9 kg. 145 grs. (322 oz.).4. 4 kg. 686 grs. were shipped from Los Angeles addressed to the fictitious address of R a u l

Mendes, Tucson, Arizona. 2 kg. 556 grs., seized at New York, were found on a vessel coming from the Orient. In two cases the opium was obtained in Mexico.

5. Persons implicated : William Daugherty ; José Enriquez ; George Nick Sassas, aliasGeorge Faris, alias George the Greek ; W. M. Sullivan and John C. Griffith.

7. The opium seized at New York bore the Lam Kee Hop, Macao, Rooster and E l e p h a n t marks.

9. Daugherty was released under bond of $3,000. The others were held for p r o s e c u t i o n .

No. 862.—Seizures in the Philippine Islands, on February 27th and March 11th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(8). Nos. 208 and 210.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands G o v e r n m e n t ,

May 18th, 1933.3(a). Prepared opium : 49 kg. 118 grs. (1,300 taels).

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4 . By the s.s. Anking, coming from Amoy.5 . The accused were all Chinese.7. 15 kg. 113 grs. were marked “ Lion ” brand and 34 kg. 5 grs. bore the mark “ Tonggee ”

and Chinese characters.8 . 15 kg. 113 grs. were found in five cases declared to contain second-hand machinery.

The rest was found in a shipment of tea.

Note.—Seizures of prepared opium and dross were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings :

Prepared opium : Dross :

Cases Nos. 849 and 853, under “ Raw opium ”. Case No. 853, under “ Raw opium ”,Cases Nos. 864 and 875, under “ Morphine ”,

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 :

329 kg. 766 grs. 18 kg. 195 grs.Also 15 small packets.

3. MORPHINE.

No. 863. Seizure of D rugs at Salzburg on July 5th and 6th, 1932 : Borosch-Nieder Case.

1. 3990/387.2. Representative of Austria on the Advisory Committee, June 18th, 1933.3(u). Morphine hydrochloride : 3 grammes.

Powdered opium : 300 grammes.Powdered dionine : 10 grammes and 200 tablets.Pantopon and arsenic : 21 ampoules.

5. Persons implicated : Friedrich Borosch ; Georg Nicder ; Franz Weissenbôck, former proprietor of the restaurant “ Zum Forellenwirt ” at Schellenberg. All Germans.

8. Borosch, who is a morphine addict, had had for some time in his possession a small quantityof extract of opium and dionine which he had bought from the “ Ludwig ” pharmacy (former Kônigsapotheke) at Munich. Through Nieder, he got to know Weissenbôck to whom he handed over the drugs at Freilassing, Bavaria, Weissenbôck promising to pay him 500 marks at Salzburg. This, however, Weissenbôck did not do, and Borosch took back the drugs in question. At the moment of his arrest he was apparently trying to smuggle the drugs out of the country. He has been severaltimes sentenced for infraction of the opium law in Munich. Weissenbôck is alsowell known to the Salzburg Customs authorities as a drug-trafficker and has several times been fined for smuggling.

9. Borosch was sentenced to one week’s light imprisonment and Nieder to five days. Thedrugs were confiscated and Borosch and Nieder both deported to Germany.

No. 864.—Seizure at Vancouver, March 20th, 1933, ex the s.s. " Em press of Japan

1. O.C.S.126. 1873/388.2. Canadian Advisory Officer, Geneva, May 29th, 1933.3fa>. Morphine : 895 grammes (31^ oz.).

Prepared opium : 7 kg. 838 grs. (276 oz.).7. The opium was marked with “ Cock ”, “ Elephant ” and “ Lam Kee Macao ’ labels.8. The drugs were found on board by the officers of the vessel and handed over to the

Canadian authorities on arrival at Vancouver. It will be noted, from Case No. 875 (page 17 of this document), tha t Wong Mook On, a room-boy on this steamer, was arrested in Honolulu on March 15th, and drugs seized.

No. 865.—Seizure at Kiaochow of Morphine ex the “ Nikko Maru ” , February 19th, 1933.

1. 2030/387(14).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

April 1933.Morphine : 3 kg. 476 grs. (92 taels).

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4. On the Nikko Maru (Japanese), coming from Japan.5. Person implicated : S. Nojiri, Japanese passenger on board.8 . Found by the Customs in the double bottom of a suitcase belonging to accused, who was

arrested. The morphine wras confiscated and destroyed.

No. 8 6 6 .—Seizure of Anti-opium Tablets containing Morphine at Shanghai, January 29th, 1933.

1. 2030/387(20).2. Chinese Maritime Customs, through Mr. L. A. Lyall, Assessor to the Advisory Committee,

May 29th, 1933.3(a). Anli-opium tablets containing morphine : 6 bottles.7. The bottles bore the label of E. Carlos & Co.. Berlin.8 . Seized at the Chinese Post Office as the accused was attempting to despatch them bv

parcels post.

No. 867.—Seizure at M arseilles, January 22nd, 1933, of Morphine concealed in Cheeses com ing from Bulgaria.

1. C.385.M.193.1933.XI (O.C.1494(l)), page 60. O.C.S.l 16. 2888/793.2. Bulgarian Government, May 26th, 1933. M. Mondanel, Divisional Commissioner of the

French Sûreté Générale, Paris, during the session of the Advisory Committee, May 1933.

3(a). Morphine : 25 kg.4. By the s.s. Tadln (French), coming from Burgas.5. Person implicated : Michel Michailidis, Greek.6 . Forwarding agents : Intercontinentale, Burgas.8 . The drugs were forwarded in a consignment of cheeses from Sofia to Burgas by Michailidis

on December 24th, 1932. Michailidis asked the Intercontinentale office at Burgas to ship the cheeses to Marseilles to await instructions. He gave his address as Manoukian-Han, Istanbul, and the postal address to which documents were to be sent to him as Kustendja, M. Abramoglou, Strada Skarlat Varnav, 16.

No. 8 6 8 .—Seizure of Morphine and Heroin at Nice, March 1931 : Albert Charles Chase Case.

1. O.C.S.69. 28160/157.2. French Government, June 17th, 1932.3(a) . Morphine : 69 grammes.

Heroin : 3 grammes.5. Person implicated : Albert Charles Chase, Irish, Nice. Aliases used : William H. Rey,

J. B. Crawley, Frank Sheridan, Charles Henry Parker, Carson, Cartman and John Albert.

8 . At the t ime of his arrest, a glass tube conta in ing 2 grammes of heroin was found in Chase’spossession. Further supplies of drugs, as well as a small balance for weighing drug? and the necessary instruments for administering morphine injections were found at his residence. Chase declared that he had bought the drugs in Paris in N o v e m b e r 1930 from a German known as “ Le Comte ” for 7,000 French francs.

9. Chase was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and ten years’ interdiction de séjour.He was also fined 5,000 French francs.

No. 869.—Illicit Traffic in Paris by Kimoun Cokinos and N issim Calderon, D e c e m b e r 13th, 1932.

1. O.C.S.94. 1576/387.2. French representative on the Advisory Committee, January 20th, 1933.3(a). Morphine : 50 kg.5. Persons implicated : Kimoun Cokinos, Greek, residing in Paris ; Nissim Calderon, Turk,

living at Istanbul.8 . In a wardrobe in a room occupied by Calderon. -15 kg. were found. Five kg. were f o u n d

at the Hotel Ambassadors, Bid. Haussmann. It has not been possible to a s c e r t a i n

the source of the morphine, o r to find out in what circumstances it came into F r a n c e .

Certain evidence points out that it is of Turkish or Bulgarian origin, and w a s

conveyed to Paris by rail. Among the papers found on Cokinos was a s h e e t

containing groups of letters and figures, which appeared to form part o f a

correspondence code.

No. 870.—Seizures in S iam during the Fourth Quarter 1932.

1. 951/388.-2 . Siamese Government, April 4th, 1933.3(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 37 grammes.

Ethylmorphine hydrochloride : 14.75 grammes.5. The accused were all Chinese.7. The ethylmorphine hydrochloride bore the label of Messrs. C. H. Boehringer & Sohn,

Nieder Ingelheim, Germany.8. There were thirteen cases.9. Fines ranged from 1 tical 75 stangs to 25 ticals.

No. 871.—Seizures of Morphine in S iam during the First Quarter 1933.

1. 951/388.2. Siamese Government, May 22nd, 1933.3(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 71 grammes.5. The accused were in all cases Chinese labourers.8 . There were 18 cases. The morphine seized was destroyed.9. Fines ranged from 0.28 to 19.02 ticals.

Nu. 872.—Seizure at Hoboken, New Jersey, on March 10th, 1933, ex the s.s. “ Pipestone County

1. 0.C.S.131. 1281/388(8). No. 205.2. Government of the United States of America, through t he Netherlands Government,

May 18th, 1933.3(a). Morphine : 10 kg. 110 grs. (356 oz.).4. By the s.s. Pipestone County (American), coming from Dunkirk.7. The consignment was in 10 packages wrapped in a burlap sack with the following marks :

“ N.Y. State Danish Cabbage 80 pds. net When packed Cal Church Produce Co. Caledonia, N.Y.” One package was wrapped in a part of “ Le Petit Journal ”, Paris, dated February 4th. 1933.

No. 873.—Seizure at Los A ngeles on April 3rd, 1933, of Morphine com ing from Japan.

1. O.C.S.l29. 1281/388(8). No. 209.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

May 18th, 1933.Morphine : 2 kg. 726 grs. (96 oz.).

5. Persons implicated : Kakuji Nishiyori ; Jim me Taka ta and Tamotsu Mayeda, aliasKojima. All Japanese.

7. A quantity of 199 grammes bore the picture of a flag under which appeared in Latincharacters “ Kawasaki Kisen Ivaisha— Kobe, Japan ” and Japanese characters interpreted as “ No. 4 size ”.

8. Part of these drugs was purchased from the defendants by narcotic agents and theremainder found in their automobile. They stated I hat the drugs were importedfrom Japan.

X 874. Seizure of Morphine at Scappoose, Oregon, on February 24th, 1933.

' 1. O.C.S.l 17. 1281/388(7). No. 196.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

April 26th, 1933.3eu. Morphine hydrochloride : 15 kg. 904 grs. (560 oz.).4. It is the opinion of the United States Customs officials that tIn- morphine was taken off

the Japanese Akagisan M aru , a t Prescott, Oregon, on the date of seizure. I he Akagisan Maru arrived from Japanese ports.

5. Persons implicated : Tom Kuromiya, Jan Kuromiya and Sam Onuma, all Japanese,held for prosecution.

7. A quantity of 1 kg. 818 grs. bore the label “ Morphinum Hydrochloricum, Manufactured by Japan Pharmaceutical Establishment ” .

No. 875.—Seizure at Honolulu on March 15th, 1933, ex the “ E m p re ss of Ja p a n .

1. O.C.S.127. 1281/388(8). No. 213.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

May 18th, 1933.3(a). Morphine : 454 grammes (16 oz.).

Prepared opium : 3 kg. 967 grs. (105 taels).

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4. The Empress of Japan was coming from the Orient.5. Person implicated : Wong Mook On, Chinese cabin-boy on board, held for prosecution

(See Case No. 864, page 15 of this document.)7. The opium bore the “ Lam Kee Macao ” mark. Twenty-four labels, obviously false,

were found in defendant’s bunk. These labels have printed thereon in red thefollowing : “ Cocaine Hydrochlorate Merck Crystallized P.B.98.G.V.J.III and U.S.P.VIII E. Merck 097 Darmstadt Made in Germany

Note.— Seizures of morphine were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings :

Cases Nos. 830 and 831, under Part IIA.Case No. 878, under “ Heroin ”.Cases Nos. 890 and 893, under “ Cocaine ”.

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 :

158 kg. 856 grs.

Ethylmorphine hydrochloride : 14.75 grammes.Six bottles of anti-opium tablets, containing morphine.

4. HEROIN.

No. 876.—Seizure of 13 kg. of Heroin on the Bulgarian-Yugoslav Frontier, February 14th, 1933 : Moritz Schalom Bloutz (B litz) Case.

1. C.385.M. 193.1933.XI (O.C.1494(l)). 2888/793.2. Bulgarian Government, May 26th, 1933.3(a). Heroin : 13 kg.5. Person implicated : Moritz Schalom Bloutz (Blitz).8. Bloutz (Blitz) was arrested at the Yugoslav frontier as he was about to export the heroin

clandestinely. The origin of the drug seized has not yet been ascertained. The heroin was confiscated.

No. 877.—Illicit Traffic in Heroin brought by Guglielmo Ghesti from Istanbul to Genoa, Decem ber 1931-February 1932.

1. 388/388(3).2. Italian Government, April 2nd, 1933.3(b) . Heroin : 10 to 15 kg.4. The heroin was bought in Istanbul by Ghesti and brought to Genoa, probably by diplomatic

bag, via Orient Express or by sea. I t was forwarded to New York.5. Persons implicated : Guglielmo Ghesti, Mario di Raimondo and Giuseppe Longaretti,

all ship’s stewards. Enquiries showed tha t di Raimondo, Longaretti and Ghesti were engaged in trafficking in drugs which they conveyed to New York as sailors.

8. Longaretti, when interrogated, stated tha t some time previously he had received fromGhesti 500 grammes of heroin which he had handed over to a certain Mariano Marsolini at New York.

9. The three accused were acquitted under amnesty by the Genoa Court on December 22nd,1932.

No. 878.—Seizure of D rugs at Detroit, on March 17th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(8). No. 206.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government.

May 18th, 1933.3(a) . Heroin ; 398 grammes (14 oz.).

Raw opium : 426 grammes (15 oz.).Morphine : 28 grammes (1 oz.).

5. Person implicated : Anthony Teramine, he’d for piosecution.

No. 879.—Seizure at N ew York on February 17th, 1933, of Heroin com ing from France.

1. O.C.S.130. 1281/388(8). No. 211.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands G o v e r n m e n t ,

May 18th, 1933.3(a). Heroin : 1 kg. 498 grs. (52 § oz.).

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4. On the s.s. Champlain (French), coming from Havre.5. Persons implicated : Bill Accardi ; Sam Accardi ; Marcel Le Perderel ; Loretta Conrad ;

Alphonse Le Chevallier, assistant engineer on the vessel ; Julie Vanouteghen ; all held for prosecution.

8. The heroin was found concealed in the bunk of Le Chevallier.

No. 880.—Seizure of Heroin at New York on April 20th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(9). No. 214.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Government of the Netherlands.

June 21st, 1933.3(a). Heroin : 824 grammes (29 oz.).5. Persons implicated : Harry Allen, Harry Morris and Joseph Garvey, all held for

prosecution.

Note.—-Seizures of heroin were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings :

Cases Nos. 830, 832, 833, 834 and 835, in Part 11 A.Case No. 868, under “ Morphine

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 :

46 kg. 601 grs.

Liquid containing 22.5 per cent heroin : 42 kg. 714 grs.

5. COCAINE.

No. 881.—Seizure of Cocaine at Gaudry, April 6th, 1932.

1. O.C.S.l 16. 3982/387.2. M. Mondanel, Divisional Commissioner of the French Sûreté Générale, Paris, during

the session of the Advisory Committee, in May 1933.3(«J. Cocaine, mixed with bicarb, soda, sulphate of soda, chlorine and flour : 1 kg. 700 grs.5. Persons implicated : Rufin Saulx, greengrocer ; Maurice Saulx ; Fernand Rousseau,

wine merchant, all Belgians ; Paul Bellement, labourer, French.8. Rufin Saulx, Rousseau and Bellement were arrested as they were about to deliver to

another individual three phials containing the above mixture. The drug appears to have been supplied by Maurice Saulx who lives at Hornu in Belgium. Rufin Saulx had concealed the phials in vegetable baskets which he carried in his car over the frontier.

9. Rufin Saulx and Rousseau were sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, Bellementto four months’ imprisonment and Maurice Saulx to one year (by default). They were further sentenced to a fine of 3,699 francs, and the car was confiscated.

No. 882.—Seizure of Cocaine at Saigon, ex the s.s. “ Jean Laborde ” , on Septem ber 8th, 1932.

1. 39713/157.2. French Government, June 29th, 1933.3(a). Cocaine : 270 grammes.5. Persons implicated : three sailors on board the vessel.9. Two of the accused were sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and interdiction de

séjour for ten years. The third was acquitted.

No. 883.—Illicit Traffic in Cocaine in Berlin, April 1931.

1. 4511/387.2- Representative of Germany on the Advisory Committee, May 31st, 1933.3faj. Cocaine : 50 grammes and 2 envelopes containing cocaine.

l b ) . Cocaine : 1 kg.5. Persons implicated : Ising, merchant, Hamburg ; Karl Drinkow and Benno Müller,

waiters, Berlin ; Max Schubert,1 chemist, Berlin ; Askanas, cigar-merchant, Berlin ; YVulf Klompuss, merchant and Anna Ivlompuss, his daughter-in-law, Libau.

qQ 1 A c e r ta in M ax S c h u b e r t , m e rc h a n t of Ber lin , was m e n t io n e d in c onnec tion w i th th e P u s la t -K u z ie s case. (See d o c u m e n t O.C. ^ ( f ) , pages 108 a n d 109, O.C.1207 series.)

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7. Three flasks containing ordinary flour were found on Schubert at the time of his arrestThese flasks bore forged labels of the firm of Merck & Co., Darmstadt.

8. Drinkow and Ising were arrested while Drinkow was trying to get a sample of cocainefrom Ising. At the time of his arrest, Ising had 50 grammes of cocaine on him w hich were seized. Müller was arrested in Askanas’s cigar-shop. Wulf and A n n a Klompuss, together with Schubert, were surprised a t the flat of the cigar-merchant, where they were arranging a sale of cocaine. These persons were all arrested’ In a handbag belonging to Anna Klompuss, two envelopes containing cocaine were discovered. It was not possible to discover the origin.

9. Ising was sentenced, on appeal, to two years and three months’ imprisonment ; Drinkowto four months, Schubert to three months, Anna Klompuss to three months and a fine of 800 RM. and Müller to two months, all with costs. Wulf Klompuss was acquitted. The seized drugs were confiscated.

No. 884.—Seizure at Calcutta, ex the “ Honolulu Maru ”, Decem ber 30th, 1932, of Cocaine bearing the Labels of the Koto Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Tokio.

1. O.G.S.132. 4215/387.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, May 17th, 1933.3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 12 kg. 696 grs. (447 oz. 20 grains).4. By the Honolulu Maru (Messrs. Senda & Co., Calcutta), coming from Yokohama, Nagoya.

Osaka, Kobe, Moji, Hong-Kong, Singapore, Penang and Rangoon.7. The cocaine was contained in eighteen tins each labelled “ Cocainum Hydrochloricum.

Koto Seiyaku Co., Ltd. Tokio, Japan fk). Koto Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha ”,8. The invoice relating to the consignment of fifty cases of beer in which the contraband was

found bears the heading “ Sanderson & Co.” Motomache 2-chome, Kobe, Japan, but this name and address are probably false. The consignee has not yet been traced. The invoice was sent to a local firm of clearing agents with instructions to clear the consignment on their account and to await further instructions. No one came forward, however, to give these instructions.

No. 885.—Seizure of Cocaine at Calcutta on January 23rd, 1933, ex the s.s. “ Kut Sang ".

1. 3711/387.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, April 10th, 1933.3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 146 grammes (5 oz. 65 grains).4. By the s.s. Kut Sang (Messrs. Jardine, Skinner & Co., Calcutta), coming from Kobe,

Osaka, Moji, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.5. Person implicated : Found on a Chinese fireman on board.9. The accused was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and to a fine of

Rs.100, or, in default, a further three months’ imprisonment.

No. 886.—Illicit Cocaine Traffic at Trieste by Pietro Perini on April 21st, 1932.

1. 388/388(4).2. Italian Government, May 1st, 1933.3(a). Cocaine : 215 grammes.5. Persons implicated : Pietro Perini, Dragomiro Petranovitch.8. Perini and Petranovitch were arrested and a search made at the house of Perini, where the

cocaine was discovered. Perini refused to state the origin of the goods, but said that he had bought them from a person who came from Austria. Perini has been previously convicted of drug-trafficking at Milan in association with Carlo Cerati.

9. Perini was sentenced by the Trieste Court on February 21st, 1933, to fourteen m o n t h simprisonment with hard labour and fines amounting to 1,500 lire. P e t r a n o v i t c h

was acquitted.

No. 887.—Discovery on May 30th, 1932, of Illicit Traffic in Drugs at Ilfov, R o u m a n i a .

1. 39179/157.2. Roumanian Government, May 2nd, 1933.5. Persons implicated : J. Chitu and Dino Toporanu.

1 C arlo C era t i w as concerned in a case of coca ine-sm uggling a t M ilan in 1931. In th is case, th e cocaine was o b t a i n ' f" 11R enzo C erat i a n d J o h a n n S t r u d l , b o th of V ienna. See d o cu m en t O .C .294 ( i ) , pages 18 an d 19, No. 315.

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8, Owing to the sudden death of a Roumanian aviator, who had been a cocaine-addict, the Roumanian authorities instituted enquiries as to the source of his supplies. I t was discovered tha t he procured the drugs from Chitu and Toporanu, but the authorities were not able to establish the origin of the drugs or how they entered Roumania.

No. 888.—Seizure of Cocaine at Bangkok on D ecem ber 22nd, 1932.

1. 951/388.2. Siamese Government, May 22nd, 1933.3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 380 grammes.4. On the s.s. Kaying (British), coming from Swatow.7. The cocaine bore the following label : “ Ingelheim Ph. G. V. Prit. Austr. G. H. Boeh-

ringer Sohn Nieder-Ingelheim, A. R H .”8. Found in the possession of a Chinese. It was kept for purification.9. The accused was fined 570 ticals.

No. 889.—Seizure at Baltim ore on February 14th, 1933, of Cocaine bearing Labels of M essrs. Knoll & Co., Germany.

1. 1281/388(7). No. 200.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

April 26th, 1933. Representative of Germany on the Advisory Committee, June 28th. 1933.

3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 16 grammes (241 grains).5. Person implicated : William R. Benton, held for prosecution.7. The cocaine was marked “ Knoll A.G. Chem. Fabriken, Ludwigshafen am Rhein ”.

The numbers on the back of the label were 6430 and 0315104.8. The representative of Germany reports tha t the label of Messrs. Knoi! & Co. is genuine

and belongs to forty packets of 25 grammes each, dated February 4th, 1931, issued exclusively for inland use. Of the firms that received this cocaine, only two have permission to export, and investigations show that neither have exported any cocaine to the United States of America since 1931. The cocaine seized is probably part of three packets of 25 grammes each, stolen from the firm of Knoll & Co., in November 1932.

No. 890. -Seizure at Coco Solo, Panam a Canal Zone, in a Pan-A m erican Airways Plane, on March 2nd, 1933.

1. 0.C.S.128. 1281/388(8). No. 207.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government.

May 18th. 1933.3(a). Cocaine : 74 grammes in 3 bottles.

Morphine : 49 grammes in a pouch.4. By the Pan-American Airways Plane No. N.C.660-M, coming from Baranquilla,

Colombia.5. Person implicated : Francis Kelly, a passenger from Baranquilla en roule for Panama

City, held for prosecution.7. The cocaine bore the following label : “ 25 gr— Coloruro de Cocaina Merck— D.A.B.6 F.

August 11 Cod franc 1908 F.E.U. — E. Merck Darmstadt— Fabrication Alemana.” A second smaller label reads : “ E. Merck Darmstadt— Eingetragene Schultzmarke— Made in Germany ”, The serial numbers were obliterated.

8. The drugs were found in the baggage and on the person of accused, who stated that hepurchased them in Baranquilla, paying $65 a bottle for the cocaine and $130 for the morphine.

No. 891.—Seizures of Cocaine at Cristobal, Panam a, Canal Zone, on November 8th, 1932, and January 28th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(7). Nos. 201 and 202.2. Government of the United States of America, through I he Netherlands Government,

April 26th, 1933.3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 375 grammes.4. A quantity of 275 grammes was seized on a passenger from the s.s. Flandre (French),

coming from St. Nazaire via West Indian ports and Cartagena, and 100 grammes on a passenger from the s.s. Pastores (United Fruit Co., American), coming from New \o r k via Port-au-Prince, Kingston and Cartagena.

5. Persons implicated : In the seizure of 275 grammes : Pedro Aurelio Ortiz , Simon BaenaCalvo, Colombian ; in the seizure of 100 grammes : Rosa Espinosa de Fernandez.

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7. In both cases, the cocaine was marked " Cloruro de Cocaina Merck All numbers weretorn off the labels.

8. Ortiz stated that he procured the cocaine from Calvo, the reputed head of a dope ring atCartagena. He stated tha t Simon Calvo is the brother ot Manuel Baena, previouslv convicted for drug-trafficking. Rosa de Fernandez stated that she had procured the cocaine from the only drug store in the Torizo section of Cartagena.

9. Ortiz was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $500. Rosa de Fernandez wassentenced to five years in prison and fined $1.

No. 892.—Seizure of Cocaine at Los Angeles, Gal., on February 8th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(7). No. 199.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government,

April 26th, 1933.3(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 5 grammes (80 grains).5. Person implicated : N. Komai, held for prosecution.7. The cocaine was labelled : “ Gohei Tanabe, Osaka, Japan—Cocainum Hydrochloricum ”,i8. The cocaine was purchased from Komai by police agents.

No. 893.—Seizures of Cocaine and Other Drugs at Nogales on April 29th, 1933, andat N ew York on May 5th, 1933.

1. 1281/388(9). No. 216.2. Government of the United States of America, through the Netherlands Government.

June 21st, 1933.3(a). Cocaine : 140 grammes (4 oz. 399 grains).

Raw opium : 4 kg. 486 grs. (158 oz.).Morphine : 43 grammes (1 | oz.).

5. Persons implicated : In the seizure of 114 grammes of cocaine, Rosa and HarryStubblefield and Lee Griffin ; in the seizure of the other drugs, Yuen Ho, a Chinese.

7. A quantity of 114 grammes of cocaine wras marked with the label of Ferdinand Roques.The labels were apparently identical with those found on the cocaine seized in ease No. 568, page 20, document O.C.294f/J.2 Another 26 grammes of cocaine were marked “ Cloridrato di Cocaina (Cocain. hydrochloricum) puriss. crist. F.U.IY. D.A.B.6, E. Merck, Darmstadt ”.

8. The two Stubblefields and Griffin were arrested as they crossed the Mexican borderwith the cocaine in their automobile.

Nole.—A seizure of cocaine was also made in connection with the discovery of a clandestine factory. It has therefore been summarised under that heading. See Case No. 836 in Part 11 A.

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 :

14 kg. 412 grs.

Cocaine and novocaine : 316 grammes.Cocaine mixed with soda, flour, etc. : 1 kg. 700 grm.

6. INDIAN HEMP.

No. 894.—Seizure of Gandia at Port Louis, Mauritius, January 9th, 1933.

1. 3617/387.2. British representative on the Advisory Committee, April 18th, 1933.3(a). Gandia : 1 kg. 467 grs.4. On the s.s. General Voyron, coming from Réunion.5. Person implicated : Mrs. J. Clebert Marguerite.8. Found in the luggage of accused who stated that she had brought the gandia from the

island of Réunion.9. The accused was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment.

1 T he na m e of Gohei T a n a b e has been p re v io u s ly m e n t io n e d in d o c u m e n ts O .C .294fc j , pages 28 a n d 29, a n d O .C .294(i). page

' D e ta i ls of th e p rev io u s cases in w hich th e se labe ls h a v e b e en seized will be found in d o c u m e n ts O.C.294 ( f ) , pages 27, 33, 95 and 145 ; O .C .294(k), page 24, N o. 491 ; O .C .294fU , page 20, No. 568 ; O.C.294 fm>, page 19, a n d O.C .294OV, page 6 , N o. 629; page 17, No. 678.

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No. 895.—Illicit Traffic in H ashish at Alexandria, on October 23rd, 1932 : Bakar Case.

j O . C . / A . R . 1 9 3 2 / 3 . 1 0 8 3 / 1 0 7 2 .

2. Egyptian Government, April 1933.3(a). Hashish : Quantity not stated.

Pipes and other utensils for smoking.5, Persons implicated : the four brothers Bakar and their uncle Awad Bakar, Tripolitan

Arabs.8. The accused were running a hashish den on the eastern outskirts of Alexandria city,

and a raid was made in company with the Italian Consul-General, when the above goods were seized and the owners of the den and several occupants arrested.

No. 896.—Seizure of H ashish at A lexandria on December 27th, 1932 : Theodore Faustin Case.

1. 3 7 1 2 / 3 8 7 .

2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, March 15th, 1933.3(i). Hashish : 82 kg.4. By s.s. Ilelouan.5. Persons implicated : Theodore Faustin, ex-cook on the s.s. Jules-Henry ; Mahmoud

Mahomed Abu el Magd, driver of the taxi in which the drugs were seized ; Kyprianos Cassis, Greek, owner of the taxi ; El Sayed Merei.

8. Contact was made with the consignees, and they were arrested in the act of taking overthe consignment from the coastguard who had arranged with an informer to take delivery of the hashish from the steamer.

9. Faustin was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E600 ; El Sayed Mereito tw'O years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E400 and Abu el Magd to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of £E100. Cassis, being a Greek subject, w as tried before the Greek consular court and acquitted.

No. 897.—Seizure of H ashish at Port Said on A pril 10th, 1933 : Ibrahim el Bahari- Abou M ohamed el Aboudi Case.

1. 4 3 9 4 / 3 8 7 .

2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, May 23rd, 1933.3(a). Hashish : 191 kg. 670 grs.5. Persons implicated : Ibrahim el Bahari, alias Ibrahim el Sayed ; Sayed Goma Alam el Din ;

Abou Mohamed el Aboudi, of Haifa ; Ahmed Abdel Aal Kazbour, and eleven others.8. Ibrahim el Bahari had organised a gang of hashish smugglers wrho had got into touch

with Abou Mohamed el Aboudi with a view to obtaining supplies from him at Haifa. On April 9th, Ibrahim el Bahari arrived at Port Said on the French vessel Abdel Karim , which was searched, but nothing found. On April 10th, Sayed Goma Alam el Din was arrested and found to be in possession of 670 grammes of hashish. He, together with the crew of the Abdel Karim, confessed tha t they had brought 200 kg. of hashish from Haifa, handed to them by Abou Mohamed el Aboudi. This amount of hashish was found in the sea at the extreme end of the breakwater, where it had been throw'n by the crew.

9. Abou Mohamed el Aboudi and Ahmed Abdel Aal Kazbour were each sentenced to fiveyears’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000, the former by default. Sayed Goma Alam el Din, Ibrahim el Bahari and four others to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E600. Three others were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E400, while four were acquitted.

No. 898.— Illicit Traffic in H ashish in Egypt by Mahmoud Megahed in 1932.

1. O.C./A.R.1932/3. 1083/1072.2. Egyptian Government, April 1933.

Hashish : Quantity not stated.5. Persons implicated : Mahmoud Megahed ; Sam Minyawi ; 1 Mustafa Sultani of Beirut.1

Mahmoud Megahed was arrested for trafficking in hashish as a result of the investigations made in connection with the El Sueissi case.1 Correspondence seized proved tha t he had sent large sums of money to Sam Minyawi at Istanbul and that he was in touch with Mustafa Sultani.

9. Mahmoud Megahed wras sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and to a fine of £E 1,000.

(Fi e p .revious m e n t io n of S a m M inyaw i will be found in d o c u m e n t O .C .294fU , page 6 , N 0.268, a n d O X .2 9 4 ( m ) , page 21, N o 631 1 bueissi case). M u sta fa S u l t a n i w as a lso im p lica te d in t h e E l Sueissi case a n d in Case No. 6 8 6 , page 20, of d o c u m e n t O .C .294 ( n ) .

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No. 899.—H ashish -sm uggling into Egypt via the Palestine Railways, April and Mav 1932.

1. O.C./A.R. 1932/3. 1083/1072.2. Egyptian Government, April 1933.3(a) . Hashish : 56 kg., and other quantities, the amount of which is not given.8. The hashish was found at Haifa railway station, under the spring-pad base of the axle-

boxes of four trucks. In all probability it came by sea from Beirut and was of Syrian origin.

No. 900.—Illicit Traffic in H ashish at Gonstanza by Onic Melconian in 1933.

1. O.C.S.l 10. 3833/388.2. Roumanian Government, April 1933.3(a) . Hashish : 3J kg. and 10 parcels.

(b). Hashish : 3 kg.5. Persons implicated : Onic Melconian ; Toti Hagi Dumitru, unemployed sailor ; Anton

Marinescu, employed at a café.8. Melconian sold the hashish through Dumitru and Marinescu, and admitted having sold

3 kg. The 3 | kg. of hashish and the parcels were found in Melconian’s house. I t is suspected tha t he was connected with the cultivation of hashish which has been discovered at Cocargea.

9. The three accused have been handed over to the court of Gonstanza.

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 :

334 kg. 637 grs.

7. MISCELLANEOUS.

No. 901.—Eliopoulos Case. (See also Del Gracio case. O.C.294(k), page 12, No. 443, and page 3 of this document.)

1. O.C./A.R.1932/3. 1083/1072.2. Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, April 1933, and certain other information

received by the Secretariat.5. Persons implicated : Elie Eliopoulos ; David Gourievidis or Gourevitch ; John Voyatzis,

Tientsin ; August Del Gracio s1 Abouissac, Istanbul Karl Frank, Hamburg '} Seya Moses (alias Rudolf Reiter), Berlin Cazales ; Roman Zahar j1 Ekrem Bey j1 Constantin (Kosta) Bellocas ; A1 Spitzer j1 Joseph Raskin j1 Carlos F. Bacula and others.

In April 1931, the Petit Parisien published an account of a case of blackmailing between two individuals. A person named Nasso Eliopoulos sent for the police to arrest Gourievidis, who was staying with him and whom he accused of attempted robbery. Gourievidis vindicated himself and denounced to the French authorities the activities of a large group of traffickers at Paris known as Eliopoulos Frères. This information reached the American Anti-Narcotics Service and the British police authorities, and in the following year led to further developments at Alexandria between March 6th and 18th, 1932.

A certain John Voyatzis, who was staying a t Alexandria, was being closely watched, on the information of the British authorities at Tientsin, by the Egyptian Anti-Narcotics Bureau. His actions and movements did not lead to any interesting discoveries, as he did not consort with any of the well-known traffickers. But, when he was leaving Alexandria for the Piraeus, his heavy baggage wras searched on the pretext of verifying whether it contained contraband gold. Some extremely interesting papers, a code-book and a pocket-book, were discovered. This pocket-book was a “ Who’s Who ” of the contraband trade and furnished the key to all the telegrams of the Eliopoulos group.

1 P rev io u s m e n t io n has been m a d e of th e se pe rsons a nd firm s in th e following d o c u m e n ts :A u g u s t Del Gracio : O.C.294(A>, page 12, No. 443, a nd page 21, N o . 470. ...Elie A bouissac : O .C .294fyA page 3 4 ; O.C.294 (7J, page 4, an d O . C . 2 9 4 p a g e 3, No. 9G ; O.C.294 f g ) , pages 38-39, O.C.294(yh

pages 7 a n d 8 , No. 110 ; O .C .294 ( i ) , pages 7 a n d 8 , a n d O .C .294 ( k ) , page 5, No. 271.K a r l F r a n k : O .C .294 ( k ) , page 12, No. 443.S eya Moses (R u d o lf R ei te r ) : O .C .294 ( k ) , page 12, No. 443. See a lso con fiden tia l d o c u m e n t O.C.1118.R o m a n Z a h a r : O .C .2 9 4 fg j , page 33 ; O.C.294 page 8 , and O .C .294 ( j ) , page 6 , No. 94. R o m a n Z a h a r was a lso impli^ 1

in a case of sm u g g lin g a t K o b e a n d S h an g h a i in J a n u a r y - M a y 1924. See O.C.294, pages 78 a n d 79.E k r em Bey : O .C .294 ( k ) , page 12, No. 443.A1 S p i tz e r : O.C.294, page 100 ; O .C .294 ( g ) , page 32, No. 94 ; O.C .294f/>, page 17, No. 557. . ntJ o s e p h R as k in : O .C .294 ( f ) , pages 52 a n d 53 ; O .C .294fgJ, pages 21 a n d 22, No. 59, a n d page 7, No. 832, of th is docuni Me c ha la ere : O.C.294 ( c ) , pages 30 a n d 31 ; O.C.294fd>, pages 11 a n d 14 ; O.C.294 ( g ) , pages 32 a n d 33, No. 94.Société in d u s tr ie l le de Chim ie o rg a n iq u e (Sico) : O.C.294 ( d ) , pages 36, 40. 56 a n d 82 ; O.C.294 ( e t , pages 8 , 13, 1 6 .2 2 ,4 2 ; O.C.-94 ' ’

• page 31 ; O .C . 2 9 4 W , page 31, No. 92.“ In te rc o n t in e n ta le ” : O.C.294 ( f ) , page 87 a n d page 16 No. 867 of th is d o c u m en t .W il l iam K o ff le r : O.C.294 ( g ) , page 22, No. 59.L u d w ig A u e r : O.C.294 ( c ) , page 102 ; O.C .294 ( d ) , page 32 ; O.C.294 ( g ) , page 21 ; O.C.294 fU , page 4, No. 59.S c h ic h m a n , F . V. : O.C.294fc>, page 30.Christoff, A. : O.C .294fc>, page 64,

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Previously, in December 1931, the Berlin police had arrested on the Simplon express a person named Del Gracio, who was travelling in company w ith Abouissac, a notorious trafficker, of Istanbul. These arrests enabled the German police a few days later to seize 27 cases containing 250 kg. of morphine, which were warehoused in the port of Hamburg. These goods had come from Turkey and were to be despatched to the United States.

These three incidents are the source of most of the information obtained regarding traffickers of Paris, Berlin, Istanbul, Tientsin and New York. In particular, the arrest of Del Gracio and of a number of accomplices enabled very important proceedings to be instituted at Hamburg. Six persons are accused, the two principals being Elie Eliopoulos and August Del Gracio.

Elie Eliopoulos was born of respectable parents on February 11th, 1894, at Piraeus, Greece. A Greek national, he was educated a t Robert College, Istanbul. During the war he was a purveyor to the Greek army, but lost most of his capital, and in or about 1927 he went into partnership with Cazales, a South American, who agreed to put up the necessary capital for a venture in narcotics. Eliopoulos made enormous profits from this traffic. Between September 1931 and February 1932—i.e., in the short period of six months—he is known to have made a profit of £150,000 sterling.

He w'as first arrested and detained pending trial at Mannheim on March 10th, 1932, and on March 24th, 1932, was released on bail of 10,000 RM. and returned to Athens. Although there is no previous conviction against him, he was probably implicated in a narcotics case at the Afghanistan Legation at Paris (see O.C.294(f ), pages 52 and 53), and was also concerned in a theft of 25,000 francs in regard to which information wras given by Gourievidis. Lastly, in 1929 he was accused in Roumania of uttering counterfeit currency and forged cheques. It is also highly probable that, in 1928 and 1929, he was concerned in the fraudulent activities of Dr. Hubert Rauch (see O.C.294(k), pages 13 to 15, No. 448) and tha t the repeated sales by Hubert Rauch to a fictitious person named Anastasopoulos were actually sales to Eliopoulos.

Elie Eliopoulos led a luxurious life at Paris, residing at 88, rue Michel-Ange. He travelled a great deal, as is shown by his passport. In 1931, he visited in succession Paris, Lausanne, Athens, Paris, Lausanne, Athens, Bucharest, Berlin, Lausanne, Berne, Berlin, Cologne, Berlin, London, Netherlands, Berlin, Lausanne, Venice, Athens, Belgrade, Athens. In 1932, this round continued and we find him at Athens, in Italy, London, the Netherlands and, finally, Germany, where he was arrested in March 1932.

According to the depositions of Gourievidis, Eliopoulos bought from Taranto at Istanbul 2,000 kg. of heroin, believed to have been sent to him in small phials through the diplomatic channel or with the connivance of the personnel of the sleeping-car service of the Simplon express. Gourievidis also alleged tha t Eliopoulos practised “ double-crossing ”, For instance, when he heard tha t the price of narcotics in the East was falling he at once informed the authorities of all the consignments of narcotics made by his colleagues, so tha t the price of his own goods might be artificially raised.

It has been proved tha t Eliopoulos was in close touch with John Voyatzis of Tientsin. The American Express, London, sent him on January 18th, 1932, 12,000 American dollars by order of the American Express Office at Tientsin. At Tientsin. Dionisius Galatis, of the General Trading Company of Tientsin, a coffee-dealer, was in reality working in close touch with John Voyatzis. Another person who may be regarded as Eliopoulos’s right-hand man is a certain Kosta Bellocas, who lives at Istanbul and was also collaborating with Mechelaere,1 formerly a manufacturer in France and subsequently a narcotics manufacturer in Turkey.

Lastly, attention should be drawn to the close collaboration of Elie Eliopoulos with his brother George, who, for instance, on January 16th, 1932, sent his brother from Bulgaria a sum of 390,000 French francs to be credited to his account with the Société de Banque suisse a t Lausanne. Bank accounts have been opened in the name of Elie Eliopoulos in Berne, London, Paris and Berlin.

Eliopoulos has himself admitted that he had business dealings with the brothers Skiotis, of Tientsin, and with Panus, also of tha t city, who are all confederates of John Voyatzis.

Seizure of Ih Havelland (documents O.C.294(j), page 14, and O.C.294fn/ page 3, No. 368,O.C.S.32).—As a result of the information given by Reiter and the telegrams decoded at his house, the joint responsibility of Eliopoulos for the despatch of three trunks to Tientsin has been established ; two of the trunks, which had a false bottom, contained some 72 kg. of heroin. A number of anxious telegrams exchanged between Reiter, Eliopoulos and Bellocas proves tha t they were directly concerned in this affair.

It is also inferred from certain telegrams dealing with a question of bottomry, and from other information, tha t Eliopoulos purchased a steamship which, according to Gourievidis, was to be fitted up as a floating narcotics factory. These telegrams were dated October 1932 ; and a telegram dated November 2nd. 1931. proves that, in addition to the consignment on the s.s. Havelland, other consignments of narcotics were despatched of w hich particulars are lacking.

See note on page ‘24.

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In 1932, Eliopoulos leftParis for London, leaving tha t city on March 4th, for the Netherlands. The Rotterdam authorities were informed and, on Eliopoulos’s departure for Germany the Dutch authorities passed on the information to the German authorities, who arrested Eliopoulos at Mannheim on March 8th. He was subsequently released on bail and returned to Athens.

Del Gracio was born on July 10th, 1893, in New York. He is an American citizen domiciled in New York.

He was detained pending trial on December 3rd, 1931, and released on bail of 50,000 RM, on June 21st, 1932, being previously sentenced, in 1914, to ten days’ imprisonment with hard labour and ten months’ imprisonment in a penitentiary.

When arrested in Berlin with Abouissac, Del Gracio endeavoured to conceal in newspapers, which he quickly replaced on the racks of the railway carriage, certain incriminating correspondence which, at a glance, showed his connection with the Eliopoulos gang and other persons accused. For details of this case, see documentO.C.294(k), page 12, No. 443, and page 3 of this document.

The documentary evidence also shows tha t Del Gracio was concerned in the despatch of 28 cases of metallic paint (3,220 kg.) sent from Istanbul to Prague and from Prague to Antwerp on January 31st, 1931. Some of these 28 cases went direct to Dairen and Shanghai. Another consignment of 11 cases was sent to Germany. These also consisted of narcotics. In July 1931, he appears to have arranged for the despatch of 500 kg. of benzoylmorphine packed in 40 cases surrounded with coffee, electrical parts, etc. These 40 cases are believed to have been sent in four lots to Dairen. Some were subsequently opened by the police before they left and their contents were discovered.

Del Gracio was also concerned in the matter of the seizure, on December 26th, 1931, of the Ceres, a vessel proceeding from Istanbul to Hamburg (see document O.C.294(7ij, page 20, No. 470). Fourteen cases containing 1,513 kg. of opium were found on board. He was also involved in the matter of the seizure, early in 1931, of the Milwaukee, by which the Société intercontinentale1 had despatched 18 cases of morphine from Istanbul to the United States (see documents O.C.294(7;^, page 13, O.C.294(j), page 9, and O.C.294(m), page 3, No. 202).

As in the case of Eliopoulos, it was proved tha t Del Gracio had travelled a great deal. He asserted tha t he had never travelled in Europe before 1930 and that he went there in that year on a pleasure trip. But his passport proves that, since 1929, he has made six journeys in Europe, including three to Istanbul. Among the papers found on him when arrested there was the telegraphic address “ Atsok ”, which is tha t of Reiter in Berlin. This contact with Reiter, who is the liaison agent for the whole Eliopoulos gang in Berlin, soon made it possible to discover Del Gracio’s actual connection with all the above-mentioned traffickers.

In the United States, Del Gracio is known as a gangster. He may also be charged with frequently changing his name so as to deceive either the authorities or the persons with whom he had dealings. The names he has used are as follows : Del Gracio, Del Grassio, Augie del Gracio, Max Cohen, Sam Gold, August Moore, Augie Dellas, Sam the S., Augie del Graci, August, Little Augie, A. Delies, Augie the Wop.

David Gourievidis was born March 20th, 1889, at Novgorod, a Greek or Russian national, domiciled in Paris. As the result of a request for extradition, he was s u r r e n d e r e d to Germany by the French authorities on April 16th, 1932, and, on July 22nd, 1932. was released on bail of 25,000 RM.

Gourievidis has lived for several years in Shanghai and Harbin, where he owns an oil mill. He was associated with Eliopoulos, but quarrelled with him over money matters. That was the reason why he denounced the brothers Eliopoulos to the French police.

Gourievidis states that, in 1927 and 1928, he traded in drugs in France within the l imits prescribed by French legislation, as an authorised broker. Eliopoulos made a statement to the Egyptian police authorities concerning the conditions with w hich authorised brokers in France have to comply (see page 6 of the Egyptian G o v e r n m e n t ’s report for 1932, document O.C./A.R.1932/3).

In 1930, he sent a large quantity of narcotics from Germany via France to Asia and America. For this purpose, he had business dealings with a certain Leonoff, a Russian, and with Sam Bernstein, who is regarded as the principal trafficker in the United States of America.

Reimann, a former official of the firm of Boehringer, admits tha t G o u r i e v i d i s and Eliopoulos intended to purchase 400 kg. of morphine (value 300,000 RM.) but that, in view of the difficulties of importing it into France, he proposed that they should

purchase peronine instead, to which they did not agree. However, accord ing

to the statements of certain witnesses, this proposed purchase actually took place, since about this time cubes of morphine or basic morphine are alleged to have been transported on several occasions for the persons concerned, in a double-bottomed trunk, from Germany to France.

Gourievidis also appears to have been concerned in the purchase of distilling m a c h in e ry

and other appliances for the manufacture of narcotics. Some of these appliances wrere sent to Dairen and some to Turkey. Lastly, there is reason to believe tha this man proposed to establish a clandestine narcotics factory in Germany.

1 See note on page 24.

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Seya Moses (alias Rudolf Reiter), according to the indictment, was born in 1895 at Bucha­rest ; according to his own statements he was born at Beirut, and is an Afghan national.

He was detained pending trial on December 7th, 1931, and released on August 8th, 1932, on bail of 3,000 RM. He was under an obligation to report to the police authorities three times a week after his release, bu t he nevertheless succeeded in escaping.

During the war, he worked in the German Intelligence Bureau at Lôrrach. Later he lived at Bucharest and Istanbul and states that he was trading in antiquities, although he has not been able to give evidence of any sales of such articles.

He is actually a liaison agent of the Eliopoulos-Del Gracio gang of traffickers. A very large number of telegrams exchanged with Elie Eliopoulos were discovered at his address. He received 1,000 marks a month for his living expenses. He has been proved to possess a licence for trading in narcotic drugs. Telegrams sent to Kosta Bellocas, an intimate accomplice of Del Gracio, were also discovered at his address. The telegraphic address of Bellocas was his Christian name reversed, namely “ Atsok ”, Other telegrams seized were addressed to “ Sfinx ”, Tientsin. It was found that this address was the same as tha t of Galatis or Voyatzis, both notorious traffickers. A number of telegrams exchanged with Bellocas regarding the arrest of Del Gracio definitely proved that Reiter was the hired agent of the gang. Reiter was also one of the principals resp . u a b l e for the despatch of the three trunks on board the Ilavelland, two of which cor.! ained heroin.

Karl Frank was born on July 4th, 1897, at St. Petersburg, of no nationality, domiciled at Hamburg.

He was detained pending trial on December 4th, 1931, and released on bail of 5,000 RM. on June 23rd, 1932. He had previously been sentenced—namely, in 1922, to a fine of 510 RM. or seventeen days’ imprisonment and, in 1925, to a fine of 150 RM. or fifteen days’ imprisonment for a breach of the passport law.

In 1920 and 1921, he was a member of the Hamburg Criminal Investigation Police. Later, until 1925, he was employed by Messrs. Wulf and Company. It is significant that he spent a lengthy period in China. From 1926 to 1928, he was in Shanghai, Mukden and Harbin.

His co-operation with the Eliopoulos-Del Gracio group has been established by a number of telegrams. In particular, he was in constant touch with Gourievidis and a certain Tjumias. He took part in purchases of plant for manufacturing narcotic drugs and in other transactions of this gang.

The documents supplied in support of the charge brought against the six persons contain, not only information collected by the German police, but particulars furnished by the British authorities at Tientsin and the Egyptian police at Alexandria. All these documents together have enabled a kind of reconstruction to be made of the organisation of the traffickers and the sources of supply, methods of despatch and destinations to be determined.

It was primarily the search of John Voyatzis’s luggage during his stay at Alexandria tha t supplied the key to all the subsequent discoveries, on account of the special code found on tha t occasion. By means of this code, it has been possible to decipher most of the correspondence and telegrams between Eliopoulos, Reiter, Del Gracio and the rest. The code contains the names of all the most notorious traffickers in France, Germany, Istanbul and Tientsin. Several names of factories are mentioned in it ; the entire phraseology essential for orders, consignments and the dosage of drugs is abundantly represented. There are also particulars of the shipping lines which can be used. The code has not been published in cxlenso, but very interesting extracts are contained in the annual report for 1932 of the Central Narcotics I n t e l l i g e n c e

Rureau of the Egyptian Government.On the basis of information contained in the indictment and obtained by means of the

code, and from the statement made by Eliopoulos himself to the representative of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, the actual organisation of the traffickers may be summarised as follows :

The brothers Eliopoulos—Elie and George—are more or less the heads of the organisation in Europe and the bankers of the enterprise. In 1927, Elie Eliopoulos, who was already in relationship with David Gourievidis, joined up with John Voyatzis and engaged in the drug traffic with the East. Until 1930, he obtained his supplies from France; apart from Gourievidis, his closest co-worker was a certain Kosta Bellocas. In Berlin, Seya Moses was the central intermediary agent between the brothers Eliopoulos in France, Voyatzis in the Far East and Del Gracio in America, and he exchanged information with them by means of the code.

Del Gracio was in charge of relations with America ; since 1929, he has made six journeys to Europe, three of which were to Istanbul. The Hamburg case proved his relations, not only with Reiter, but also with Karl Frank, Beyer, Eliopoulos, Roman Zahara and Ekrem Bey, the two latter being commission agents of Mechelaere.

John Voyatzis lived at Tientsin. Early in 1932, he left China for Egypt. On his arrival a t Port Said, his heavy baggage was sent round to Alexandria by goods train in bond and was searched by the Alexandria Customs on the suspicion of illegal export of gold. A codc-book and a pocket-book which gave the key to the code, were found, and, as a result, the secrets of many of the German seizures were divulged. Some of the most important names appearing in the code, in addition to those

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already mentioned, were Athanasius Eliopoulos, George Zambopoulos, Dimes Voyatzis, Basil Grimaldi, F. V. Schichman,1 André Christoff,1 Ni cos Sandaljides.

There is reason to suppose tha t there are many sources of supply. Up to the year 1930, large quantities of narcotic drugs were undoubtedly obtained from certain factories in France. Later on, when the new French law regarding narcotics came into force, he dealt with the Istanbul firms. When the French firms had their licences suspended by the French authorities, they immediately opened factories in Turkey. The Kuskundjuk factory at Istanbul and the Etkim factory at Eyoub on the Golden Horn were run by Mechelaere,1 Nissim Taranto, Eskanazi, Abouissac, and a man called Lorenzetti. The last four-named then arranged for certain consignments and later gave information leading to the seizure of same, duly claiming their reward at the proper moment. In this, they were assisted by a certain Stamatis Astras, who opened an office in Paris. Astras had in his employ a man called Paul Ventura, a Corsican, who had already been expelled from Egypt. Mechelaere, at this time, made a secret arrangement with the “ Compagnie de transport intercontinentale ”,1 run by Ekrem Bey, who had the facility of forwarding goods under seal and exempt from Customs examination at frontier boundaries. The main bulk of the output from the Etkim factory was taken by a certain Louis L., who had buyers in New York, Tientsin, Dairen and Shanghai.

Information in the hands of the Hamburg authorities shows tha t the Kuskundjuk factory furnished Del Gracio with the drugs to be sent to the United States via Prague and Hamburg.

The purchase of various machines mentioned on several occasions in the indictment of Gourievidis also show tha t the gang of traffickers endeavoured to find sources of supply which would be entirely within their control or to possess a secret drug factory themselves, and even to instal on a steamer a floating drug factory which would be better able to escape pursuit. The indictment of Gourievidis also shows tha t apparat us and machinery were despatched to the East and that probably manufacture in these eastern countries would enable the demand of the local illicit market to be met and possibly even for drugs to be exported from the Orient to Western countries.

It would appear from the statement by Eliopoulos that, even at the time of his greatest activity in France, the French market itself was not attacked by the traffickers. The drugs appeared to be intended mainly for America and the East. The deposition by Eliopoulos, again, gives most of the information regarding the movement of drugs to America. In 1928, there were two rival gangs in competition for the American market—the Newman Bros, represented by Del Gracio, their buyer, who dealt with the “ Sico ” factory at St. Geneviève (1) and the A1 Spitzer and Fleishman group, who worked with Albert Taranto of Paris, afterward part owner of the Eyoub factory. Since 1926, Louis L. had also been dealing with Del Gracio. His connection with buyers in the United States is revealed by numerous telegrams which he sent to New York during this period. One of the methods used by Newman and Louis L. for smuggling drugs into the United States was to send them to their New York friends in the baggage of Bacula, who was one time Peruvian Chargé d ’Affaires in Vienna and later in Oslo. It was on one of these visits, apparently, that Bacula, who had at that time 150 kg. of heroin in his luggage, received a visit from Jack Diamond and left 130 kg. (20 kg. having been stolen) in the charge of one of Diamond’s gang, a certain William Koffler,1 who had been sent from Vienna by Raskin and Ludwig Auer 1 to keep a watch on Bacula. Koffler w7as found dead in the hotel the day after he had received the 130 kg.

The particulars regarding destinations in the East are less detailed ; Galatis and Voyatzis are the two main clients regarding whom the British authorities in Tientsin possess detailed information.

The methods of consignment used by the Eliopoulos-Del Gracio gang would appear to be characterised in particular by out-of-the-way routes in order to avoid pursuit. The long journey made by the three trunks seized on board the Havelland in the Far East may be mentioned as an example. From Istanbul they were sent to Venice. Munich and Berlin, to reach the East via Hamburg. The same remark may be made regarding various crates hidden among electrical articles or machine parts, which were despatched via Prague, Antwerp and Hamburg and then sent either to the United States or to the East.

No. 902.—Illicit Traffic by Edward Bender, 1931-32.

1. O.C.S.89. 40296/157.2. German representative on the Advisory Committee, December 15th, 1932.4. Seized correspondence shows tha t the smuggled goods were to be transported by rail from

Marseilles to Genoa and shipped from there on Italian vessels to Havana. Otherroutes mentioned in the correspondence are by ships of the Norddeutscher Lloyd,the Bio Bravo and Sierra Ventana from Hamburg to Havana.

1 See note on page 24.

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5. Persons implicated : Edward Bender,1 whose correct name is Otto Jaufmann, but who also used the name of Emilio Basetti ; a certain “ A1 ” at Havana.

8, Bender, who is known to be an international drug smuggler, stayed at Hamburg duringthe summer of 1932, receiving letters under the name of Basetti, addressed to the Cuneo-Bar, 11 Davidstrasse, Hamburg. These letters have been seized since September 15th, 1932, and show th a t Bender was corresponding with a person named “ A1 ” at Havana with a view to smuggling narcotics. There is no evidence, however, to show th a t he has carried on smuggling from Germany, and an examination of the ship’s papers in the possession of the Norddeutscher Lloyd brokers in Hamburg has not furnished any evidence tha t any smuggled goods have been despatched from Hamburg. According to information from the Hamburg police authorities, Bender was then staying in France and had his correspondence addressed Poste restante, Paris. The correspondence seized contains information as to shipping lines to be used for the transport of goods from Europe to Cuba and instructions as to the manner of packing. References are made to Irving Halper,1 George Harris,1 Crispin Huice, who is referred to as flooding the drug market in Havana once or twice a year, an American named Cancio and a certain “ George the Greek ”.

9. Bender was sentenced in 1931 in America to five years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.but he absconded.

No. 903.—Karl Leibel-Paul Gernoch Case, Vienna, January 25th, 1933.

1. 2061/387.2. Austrian Representative on the Advisory Committee, April 26th. 1933.5. Persons implicated : Karl Leibel, merchant ;2 Paul Cernoch, packer ; Joe Marcell.8. Leibel and Cernoch had handed over to Anton Reithofer, an inn-keeper, a cash-box

containing 1,000 notes, each of the value of 50 schillings. Reithofer suspected that these notes were false and took one to the bank for examination. On learning of the matter, the authorities made enquiries, which led to the arrest of Leibel and Cernoch. Joe Marcell has not yet been traced, but he apparently accompanied Leibel and Cernoch when they handed over the cash-box to Reithofer. Leibel stated that Marcell had given him the false notes in payment for a consignment of narcotics which he, Leibel. had obtained for Marcell from Darmstadt. I t was established that Leibel had made several journeys abroad, especially in Czechoslovakia. He has been several times implicated in the drug traffic in Austria but it could not be proved tha t he had taken part in any international drug traffic.

9. Leibel and Cernoch were handed over to the tribunal for judgment.

No. 904.—Illicit Traffic in D rugs by H assan Ali el Gam al and Youssef Fadl el Sherif, at Port Said and Alexandria, November 1932.

1. O.C./A.R.1932/3. 1083/1072.2. Egyptian Government, April 1933.5. Persons implicated : Hassan Ali el Gamal ; Youssef Fadl el Sherif ; Kamel Hanafi Azzam ;3

Sam Minyawi ; 3 Mehmet Haidar, of Istanbul ; Saadallah Basha,3 of Beirut ; Fakr Arnaouti ; Khalid Yaffawi, Syria ; Hussein Hosni, Istanbul ; Mohamed Bechir el Hindi, British subject.

8. A raid was made on the house of Ali el Gamal at Port Said, as a result of investigationsmade in connection with the Mohammed Nafe case.3 Among the correspondence seized was a letter addressed to Azzam from Sam Minyawi at Istanbul concerning the despatch of drugs from tha t city. Other letters were found from Fadl el Sherif and from Haidar. In the course of the enquiry it was proved that Ali el Gamal had sent money for drug transactions to Azzam when the latter went to Beirut in 1930. This money was paid by Azzam to Saadallah Basha. Sums of money were also traced to Arnaouti and Yaffawi. Investigations into the affairs of Fadl el Sherif showed that he had also sent money to Hosni at Istanbul.

9. Youssef Fadl el Sherif was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E 1,000and Hassan Ali el Gamal to three years’ and a fine of £E500.

1 M ention h a s a l r e a d y been m a d e of these pe rsons in t h e fo llowing d o c u m e n ts :E dw ard R en d e r : O.C .294 ) . pace 18 ; a n d O.C.294 ( o ) , page 4, No. 311. , . . . . .Irving H a lp e r • O .C .291 ( r ) , pages 126 a ml 1 2 7 ; O.C.294 ( I ) , page 17, case No. 5 5 7 ; O.C.S .0 6 ; and O.C.294 ( n ) , page lo , case

No. 672 ; O.C.S.83.Cteorge H a r r is ; O.C.294fe,>, pages 170 a n d 171.'S e e O .C .294 ( j ) , page 15, N o . 370.1 D etai ls in c o n n ec t io n w ith t h e M oham ed N a fe case w ill be found in d o c u m e n t O .C .294 /m J. pages 19 an d SO, N o. 630. K am el

Hanafi A zzam w as im p l ica te d in th is case. P rev io u s re ference to S a m M inyawi will be found in d o c u m e n t O.C 4 ( V , ! age: 6, . 0 . - . .>n th e M oham ed N afe case , a n d in case N o . 898, page 23 of th is d o c u m e n t .S aa d a l la h Basha was im p lica ted in case N o . 6 8 0 , page 91 01 docum en t O .C .294fn>.

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No. 905.—Disappearance of Pantopon en route from Santiago de Chile to Havre discovered at B asle on January 17th, 1933.

1. O.C.S.134. 5113/387.2. Swiss Representative on the Advisory Committee.3(b). Panlopon : 8 kg. 800 grs. (gross).8. Messrs. Hoffmann La Roche & Co. Basle, informed the Swiss authorities that a consign­

ment of pantopon returned from Santiago de Chile, covered by the Swiss import permit No. 302, had apparently been opened en route, as 200 5-gramme phials of pantopon in powder were missing. Investigations were made and the reports received show7 tha t the 200 phials of pantopon were part of a consignment of drugs, forwarded during March 1932 by Messrs. Hoffman La Roche & Co. to Messrs. Amédée Ferraris, Santiago de Chile. On reaching Chile, the goods wTere not delivered to the consignee, but were kept in the Santiago free port until they wTere returned to Messrs. Hoffmann La Roche & Co. When forwarded from Basle, the goods weighed 117 kg. gross, but at Porrentruy, on entering Switzerland on the return journey, the weight w7as found to be 109 kg. As the cases were sealed on reaching Havre and the seals were found intact on arrival in Switzerland, the assumption is tha t the 200 phials of pantopon disappeared either in Santiago de Chile free port or on the wray from tha t city to Havre.

QUESTIONNAIRE REFERRING TO PART II.

1. Documents issued and Registry dossier No.

2. Reported by.

3. Kind and quantity of drugs ( a ) seized or ( b ) involved in the illicittransaction.

4. Origin of drugs. Where drugs shipped. Method of transportation, anddestination. Route followed. Nationality, name and owners of ship involved.

5. Names of consignor, consignee and addressee, or other persons implicated.

6. Forwarding agents and other persons or firms whose names appearin connection with the case.

7. Name of manufacturer of drugs ; labels, marks, packing, etc.

8. Additional details.

9. Legal proceedings and penalties.

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PART III.

SUMMARY OF SEIZURES R E P O R T E D IN T H E ANNUAL REPORTS

OF GOVERNMENTS ON THE TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS.

Mule by the Secretary.

In document O.C.294(o j , a table was given indicating the total quantities of opium and narcotic drugs seized, as reported by Governments in their annual reports for 1931. Since the publication of this document, reports have come in for the Philippine Islands and for the British Municipal Area, Tientsin, giving seizures in 1931. The table of total seizures which was printed on page 33 of document O.C.294fo^ is therefore reproduced herewith, with the addition of these quantities.1

Indian hempHaw opium : Kg. gr.

37,735 136

Opium ( k i n d n o t s t a t e d ) :

9,914 kg . 816 gr .

Anli-opium pills :

34 kg. 4-20 g r .

Prepared Dross : M orphine : Heroin : Cocaine :op ium : Kg. gr. K g. gr. K g . gr. K e . gr.

K g . gr. 3 7 0 5 6 4 1 ,354 64 9 4 3 2 5 5 70 3 2 86 , 8 0 8 8 7 3

Pills :3 74 k g . 29 g r .

Pills : o 9 9 k g . 6 9 8 g r .

Kg.

• 2 0 ,7 9 0 9-29

Note.—This table does not take into account seizures of drugs in cases where the drug contents are not expressed in weights but in various containers, such as bottles, decks, packets.

No. 906.—Philippine Islands, 1930.

O .C .2 3 ( 6 / 2 5 . 3 4 6 5 / 5 1 0 .

Ram opium : 15 kg. 390 grs.Prepared opium : 261 kg. 671 grs.Prepared opium solution : 563.8 cubic centimetres.Dross : 1 kg. 723 grs.M orphine : 1 kg. 583 grs.M orphine solution : 70 cubic centimetres.Cocaine : 1 kg. 158 grs.Cocaine solution : 10 cubic centimetres.

There were 360 convictions, including 16 deportations, during the year. Aggregate imprisonment amounted to 109 years 8 months and 10 days and aggregate fines to 116,840 pesos.

No. 907.—Philippine Islands, 1931.

0.0.23(6)25.3 4 6 5 / 5 1 0 .

Prepared opium : 136 kg. 5 grs.Prepared opium solution : 395.5 cubic centimetres.Dross : 521 grammes.M orphine : 73 kg. 442 grs.M orphine solution : 31.5 cubic centimetres.Heroin : 1 gramme.Cocaine : 8 grammes.

There were 316 convictions, including 9 deportations, during the year. Aggregate imprisonment amounted to 95 years 3 months and 7 days and aggregate fines to 106,010 pesos.

1 Seizures h a v e b e en r e p o r te d in th e a n n u a l r e p o r t s c over ing th e fo llowing te r r i to r ie s :

AustraliaAustralian m a n d a te :

New Guinea BelgiumCanada China

B ritish M unicipal A rea , T ien ts inCzechoslovakiaDanzigFranceFrench colonies :

F rench Ind ia Indo-China R eunion

GermanyCn*ted K ingdom of G re a t B r i t a in a n d

N orthe rn I re la n d British colonies :

B asu to landBrit ish N o r th B orneoCeylon

Fij iG ilb e r t a n d Lllice Is lan d sH o n g -K o n gJ a m a ic aK e n y aM alay S ta te s (F e d e ra te d a n d U n fe d t -

ra ted )M aur i t iu s S a ra w a k S ierra Leone S t r a i t s S e t t l e m e n ts S w az i land

Greece H u n g a r y

I ta lyJ a p a nJ a p a n e s e colonies :

C hosen

F o rm o saIv w a n tu n g L eased T e r r i to ry

L a tv iaM an d a te d te rr i to r ie s :

N a u ruMexicoN e th e r la n d s Colonies :

N e th e r la n d s Indies Pe rs iaP o r tu g u e s e colonies :

AngolaP o r tu g u es e Ind ia M acao M ozam bique T im or

S iam S painU n io n of S o u th Africa U n i te d S ta te s of A merica U n ited S ta te s colonies :

P h i l ipp ine Is lands

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No. 908.— B ritish Municipal Area, Tientsin, 1930.

O.C./A.R 1932/22. O pium : 2 kg. 158 grs. ( 4 | lb.).5442/1072. The accused were sent to the Chinese authorities for trial, but nothing

is known of the result. The drugs were confiscated.

No. 909.— B ritish Municipal Area, Tientsin, 1931.

O.C./A.R. 1932/22. Opium : 5 kg. 215 grs. ( I l l lb. 6 oz.).0442/1072. Heroin : 1 kg. 22 grs. (2£ lb.).

The accused were sent to the Chinese authorities for trial, but nothing is known of the result. The drugs were confiscated.

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INDEX TO LOCALITIES

Country anil Locality Dale I'aye

A u s t r i a : J u l y 5 t h - 6 t h , 1 9 3 2 ................. 15

V i e n n a F e b r u a r y a n d M a r c h 1 9 3 2 . 3J a n u a r y 2 5 t h , 1 9 3 3 .............. 2 9

B u l g a r i a :

R a d o m i r 1 9 3 2 - 1 9 3 3 .................................... 7Y u g o s l a v f r o n t i e r F e b r u a r y 1 4 t h , 193 3 . . . . 18

C a n a d a :

H a l i f a x F e b r u a r y 1 3 t h , 193 3 .............. 9V a n c o u v e r D e c e m b e r 2 8 t h . 1 9 3 2 .............. 13

M a r c h 2 0 t h , 193 3 ................ 15C h i n a :

C a n to n S e c o n d q u a r t e r 193 2 ............ 4Chefoo J u l y 2 5 t h , 1 9 3 2 ......................... 9

S e p t e m b e r 3 r d , 1 9 3 2 ............ 9D a i r e n F e b r u a r y 193 2 ......................... 8K i a o c h o w F e b r u a r y 1 9 th , 1 9 3 3 .............. 15M u k d e n M a y 1 5 t h , 1931 ...................... 9 - 1 0

A u g u s t 1 0 t h , 1 9 3 1 .............. 9 - 1 0S h a n g h a i S e p t e m b e r 1 9 3 2 ( 2 ) ................... 4

J a n u a r y 2 9 t h , 1 9 3 3 .............. 16F e b r u a r y 1 9 t h , 19 3 3 ........... 10M a r c h 4 t h , 1 9 3 3 ................... 10

I n t e r n a t i o n a lS e t t l e m e n t M a y 2 3 r d , 19 3 2 ...................... 7

J u n e 2 4 t h , 19 3 2 ...................... 10J u l y 6 th' , 19 3 2 ......................... 10

T ie n t s i n :B r i t i s h M u n i ­

c i p a l A r e a 1 9 3 0 .................................................. 321 9 3 1 ................................................. 3 2

C z e c h o s l o v a k i a :

O p a v a J u l y a n d A u g u s t 1931 . . . 3

E g y p t : 1 9 3 2 ..................................................... 2 3

A l e x a n d r i a A u g u s t 1 9 3 2 .............................. 4O c t o b e r 2 3 r d , 193 2 .............. 23N o v e m b e r 1932 ...................... 2 9D e c e m b e r 2 7 t h , 1 9 3 2 ........... 2 3

Cairo O c t o b e r 1932 .............................. 5P o r t S a i d N o v e m b e r 193 2 ......................... 29

J a n u a r y 9 t h , 19 3 3 ................ 10A p r i l 1 0 t h , 19 3 3 ................... 2 3A p r i l 1 9 t h , 19 3 3 ................... 10

S u e z -C a i ro r o a d F e b r u a r y 1933 ......................... 4Suez M a y 3 r d , 1 9 3 3 ........................... 10

M a y 8 t h , 19 3 3 ......................... 11F r a n c e :

C a u d r y A p r i l 6 t h , 193 2 ....................... 19D oua i" J u n e 8 t h , 1932 ......................... 11D u n k i r k J u n e 1 0 t h , 1 9 3 2 ....................... 11M arse i l l e s J a n u a r y 2 2 n d , 19 3 3 ............. 16Nice M a r c h 1931 ................................. 16P a r i s D e c e m b e r 1 3 t h , 1 9 3 2 ............. 16St. N a z a i r e O c t o b e r 3 0 t h , 1 9 3 2 ................ 11T o u r c o i n g S e p t e m b e r 6 t h , 1932 ............. 11

C o l o n i e s :

I n d o C h i n a :

S a i g o n S e p t e m b e r S t h , 193 2 ............. 19

G e r m a n y :

Berl in A p r i l 1931 .................................. 19H a m b u r g N o v e m b e r 1 9 3 1 ........................ 3

1 9 3 1 - 1 9 3 2 ............................ 2 8 - 2 9

B r i t i s h C o l o n i e s :

M a u r i t i u s J a n u a r y 9 t h , 1 9 3 3 .................. 22

I n d i a :

C a l c u t t a D e c e m b e r 3 0 t h , 1 9 3 2 ............. 20J a n u a r y 2 3 r d , 1 9 3 3 .............. 2 0

I ta ly :

G e n o a D e c e m b e r 1 9 3 1 - F e b r u a r y1 9 3 2 18

T r ie s te A p r i l 21s t , 193 3 ........................ 20

C o u n t ry and Loca l i ty Date Page

L a t v ia :

R i g a

N e th e r la n d s :

T h e H a g u e R o t t e r d a m

C o lo n ies :C u r a ç a o

N e t h e r l a n d sI n d i e sT a n d j o e n -

p r i o k

P a le s t in e :

H a i f a

P o rtu g u e s e C o lo n ies :

M a c a o

R o u m a n ia :

C o n s t a n z aI l f o v

S ia m :

B a n g k o k

S p a in :

B a r c e l o n a

S w itz e r la n d

B a s le

T u r k e y :

I s t a n b u l

U n ite d S ta te s of A m e r ic a :

B a l t i m o r e B r o o k l y n , N . Y . C r i s t o b a l , C .Z .

C o c o So lo , C .Z. D e t r o i t H o b o k e n L o s A n g e l e s

N e w Y o r k

N o g a l e sS c a p p o o s eT u c s o n

C o lon ies :

H a w a i i , H o ­n o l u l u

P h i l i p p i n e I s l a n d s

M a n i l a

D e c e m b e r 3 1 s t , 1932

M a y 2 n d , 1933 ................... 12M a r c h 1 8 t h , 1 9 3 3 ................ 13M a r c h 2 1 s t , 19 3 3 ................ 13M a y 2 2 n d , 193 3 ..................... 12

M a r c h 8 t h , 1932 ................... 12M a y 7 t h , 193 2 ........................ 12O c t o b e r 2 3 r d , 1932 . . . . . . 12D e c e m b e r 7 t h , 193 '? ...... 12

O c t o b e r 2 6 t h , 1932 ............. 14D e c e m b e r 1 4 t h , 1 932 . . . 1 2 - 1 3J a n u a r y 2 n d , 1 9 3 3 . . 1 2 - 1 3

A p r i l 1 9 3 2 ................................ 24

J a n u a r y 1933 ........................ 14F e b r u a r y 1933 ........................ 14

1933 24M a y 3 0 t h , 1932 ..................... 20

F o u r t h q u a r t e r 1932 . . . 14, 17F i r s t q u a r t e r 1933 ................ 17D e c e m b e r 2 2 n d , 1932 . . . . 21

M a r c h 1 7 t h , 1 9 3 3 .

J a n u a r y 1 7 th , 1933 ............. 30

O c t o b e r 2 3 r d , 1932 ............. 8A p r i l 1 9 3 3 ................................ 8J u n e 2 2 n d , 1933 ................... 7

F e b r u a r y 1 4 t h , 1933 ........... 21F e b r u a r y 2 4 t h , 1933 ........... 13N o v e m b e r 8t h , 1932 ........... 21J a n u a r y 2 8 t h , 1933 ............. 21M a r c h 2 n d , 193 3 ................... 21M a r c h 1 7 t h , 1933 ................ 18M a r c h 1 0 t h , 193 3 ................ 17F e b r u a r y 8t h , 1933 .............. 22A p r i l 3 r d , 193 3 ..................... 17A p r i l 19 3 2 ................................ 3F e b r u a r y 1 7 t h , 1933 ........... 18M a r c h 1 0 t h , 193 3 ................ 13A p r i l 2 0 t h , 1933 ................... 19M a y 1s t , 1933 ........................ 14M a y 5 t h . 1933 ........................ 2 2A p r i l 2 9 t h , 1933 ................... 22F e b r u a r y 2 4 t h , 1933 ........... 17F e b r u a r y 17tli , 1933 ........... 14F e b r u a r y 2 7 t h , 1933 ........... 14M a r c h 6t h , 1933 ................... 14

M a r c h 1 5 th , 1933 ................ 17

193 0 ................................................ 311 9 3 1 ................................................ 31F e b r u a r y 2 7 t h , 1933 ........... 14M a r c h 1 1 t h , 1 9 3 3 ........... 1 4 - 1 5J a n u a r y 2 7 t h , 1933 .............. 13

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INDEX TO NAM ES OF PE R SO N S, FIRMS, ETC.

N a m e Page

“ A & B ” m a r k ......................... 13A b o u d i , A b o u M o h a m e d el . 23A b o u i s s a c , E l i e ................. 3 , 2 4 - 2 8A b r a m o g l o u , M ............................ 16A c c a r d i , B i l l ................................. 19A c c a r d i , S a m .............................. 19A d e l m a n ...................................... 4A k a n a , E d w a r d A ...................... 5“ A1 ” , H a v a n a ......................... 29A l b e r t , J o h n ................................ 16A l e x a n d e r , E s t e l l a ................... 5A l l e n , H a r r y ................................ 19A m i e l , I s a a c ................................. 4A n d r o s ............................................ 7A n g u l i o , J u l i o .............................. 5A r n a k i .............................................. 7, 8A r n a o u t i , F a l c r ......................... 2 9A s k a n a s ......................................... 19A s t r a s , S t a m a t i s ...................... 2 8A t a n a s o g l o u D i m i t r i 8A u e r , L u d w i g ............................ 28A z u m a , K ........................................ 8A z z a m , K a m e l H a n a f i 29

B a c u l a , C a r lo s F .......................... 24B a e n a , M a n u e l ............................ 2 2B a h a r i , I b r a h i m el ................. 23B a k a r , A w a d .............................. 2 3B a k a r , B r o s .................................... 2 3B a s e t t i , E m i l i o ......................... 29B a s h a , S a a d a l l a h ...................... 29B e l l e m e n t , P a u l ......................... 19B e l l o c a s , C o n s t a n t i n ( K o s t a ) 3,

2 4 - 2 8B e n d e r , E d w a r d ................. 2 8 - 2 9B e n t o n , W i l l i a m R .................... 21B e r g , E l i z a b e t h ......................... 6B e r n a r d & Co. , P a r i s ........... 3B e r n a r d , J . E . , & Co. , N e w

Y o r k ............................................ 13B e r n s t e i n , S a m ......................... 2 6B l e s s a s , N i c o l a s ......................... 5B l i t z .................................................... 18B l o u t z , M o r i t z S c h a l u m . . . . 18B l u m e n t h a l , B e r n a r d 8B o e h r i n g e r , C. H . , N i e d e r -

I n g e l h e i m ............................ 1 7 , 2 1B o j o r q u e z , E l i g i o ...................... 5B o r o s c h , F r i e d r i c h ................. 15B o s c o , A n g e l o ............................ 6B u r g o y n e , B u r b i d g e & Co.,

L o n d o n ....................................... 4

C a l a f a t o p o u l o s , T h é o d o r e . . 11C a l d e r o n , N i s s i m ...................... 16C a l v o , S i m o n B a e n a .............. 21C a n c i o ............................................ 2 9C a r lo s , E . , & Co., B e r l i n . . . 16C a r o , A d o l p h e ............................ 4C a r s o n ............................................ 16C a r t m a n ......................................... 16C a s s i s , K v p r i a n o s ................... 2 3C a z a l e s ....................................... 24 , 25C e n t e l l a s , S a l v a d o r J i m e n o . 9C e r a t i , C a r l o .............................. 2 0C e r a t i , R e n z o .............................. 2 0C e r n o c h , P a u l ............................ 29C h a s e , A l b e r t C h a r l e s 16C h i t u , J ............................................. 2 0C h r i s t o f f , A n d r é ....................... 28C l e b e r t , M rs . J . M a r g u e r i t e . 2 2“ C o c k ” m a r k ............................ 15“ C o c k & E l e p h a n t ” m a r k . 14C o h e n , M a x ................................. 2 6C o k i n o s , K i m o u n ...................... 16C o n d y s e r , C h a r l e s .................... 3C o n r a d , L o r e t t a ...................... 19C o n s t a n t i n .................................... 8C o n s t a n t i n i d e s ......................... 7C r a w l e y , J . B ................................. 16C ré p i r ï , P a u l ................................. 5

D a v i d , A b r a h a m ...................... 3D a u g h e r t y , W i l l i a m M. . . . 14

N am e Page

D a v i s , M a u r i c e ........................... 4D a v i s , R u f u s F ............................. 6D e l G r a c i o , A u g u s t . . . 3 , 2 4 - 2 8D e l G r a s s i o ................................. 26D e l l a s , A u g i e .............................. 26D e l ie s , A ........................................... 26D e z e d e r , W a l t e r ...................... 3D i a m o n d , J a c k ............................ 28D i m i t r i a d i s , D i m i t r i 8D i n , S a y e d G o m a A l a m el . 23D j a m a d a n i , N i k o .................... 8D j a m a d a n i . Y o r g i ................... 8D r i n k o w , K a r l ............................ 19D r o g e r i h a n d e l s A .B . , T a r n -

m e r f o r s ....................................... 5D u m i t r u , T o t i H a g i .............. 24D u t e u r t r e , M a r c e l ................... 6

“ E a g l e ” m a r k ......................... 9E k r e m B e y ........................... 3, 2 4 - 2 8“ E l e p h a n t ” m a r k .................... 15E l i o p o t o u s , A t h a n a s i u s

( N a s s o ) ................................. 24 , 28E l i o p o u l o s , E l i e 3, 2 4 - 2 8E l i o p o u l o s , G e o r g e ................. 25E m d l e r , J u l e s ............................ 4E n d l e r , I g n a c i o ......................... 4E n r i q u e z , J o s é ............................ 14E r m a n d o ......................................... 8E r m i s C o n s e r v e F a c t o r y ,

I s t a n b u l .................................... 7E s k a n a z i ....................................... 28E t k i m F a c t o r y , E y o u b . . . . 28

F a r i s , G e o r g e .............................. 14F a u s t i n , T h e o d o r e ................. 23F e r n a n d e z , R o s a E s p i n o s a

d e ................................................. 21F e r r a r i s , A m é d é e , S a n t i a g o

d e C h i l e .................................... 30F i s h , E d e l m a n ............................ 4F l e i s h m a n .................................... 28F o l c h , C o n r a d o F e r r a n d o . . 9F r a n k , K a r l .............................. 3, 24F r a n k e l , J o s e p h ...................... 3

G a d F a r a g M o h d . ................. 4G a l a t i s , D i o n i s i u s ................... 25G a m a l , H a s s a n Ali el ........... 29G a r v e y , J o s e p h ......................... 19G e n e r a l T r a d i n g Co . , T i e n t ­

s in ................................................. 25G e o r g e t h e G r e e k .............. 14, 29G h e s t i , G u g l i e l m o ................... 18G i v o t , 1............................................. 4G o h e i T a n a b e , O s a k a ........... 22G o l d , S a m .................................... 26G o l d s t e i n , L e o n o f f ..................7, 26G o u r e v i t e h , D a v i d ........... 2 4 - 2 8G o u r i e v i d i s , D .......................3, 2 4 - 2 8G r a c i , A u g i e d e l ......................... 26G r a c i a , J o s e f a L a t o r r e 9G r a n d e M a i s o n d e C o m ­

m e r c e , I s t a n b u l . . . 1 1 , 1 2 (2)G r i f f i n , L e e ................................. 2 2G r i f f i t h , J o h n C ........................... 14G r i m a l d i , B a s i l ......................... 2 8

H a g o n g , M o h a m m e d ........... 10H a g o p ............................................ 7H a i d a r , M e l i m e t ......................... 29H a l f u n , L a z a r .............................. 7H a l p e r , I r v i n g ............................ 29H a l p e r n , M ic h e l ...................... 3H a r p e r , J a c k .............................. 5H a r r i s , G e o r g e ............................ 29H e r z b e r g , M a u r i c e ................. 4H i n d i , M o h a m e d B e c h i r el . 2 9H o f f m a n n L a R o c h e , B a s l e . 30H o n g Ç h a c k ................................. 5H ô n i g , C h a r l e s ........................... 3H o r i i , K ............................................ 8H o s n i , H u s s e i n ......................... 29H u i c e , C r i s p i n ........................... 2 9

N a m e p (lge

I k e d a , K ........................................... gI n a m u r a ......................................... gI n t e r c o n t i n e n t a l e , C o m p a ­

g n i e d e T r a n s p o r t , I s t a n ­b u l , P r a g u e , B u d a p e s t , B u r g a s , T r i e s t e a n d H a m ­b u r g ......................... 3, 16, 26, 28

I s i n g ................ ’ .............................. [gI s m a i l , A m i n E f f ........................ mI s t e l y o ............................................ 8I s t e m a t o g l o u M ik o la ........... g

J a p a n P h a r m a c e u t i c a l E s ­t a b l i s h m e n t ............................... 17

J a u f m a n n , O t t o ..................... 59

K a d a s h , A b d o u el S a y e d el . to K a d a s h , A w a n cl S a y e d e l . 10K a d a s h , E l S a y e d A w a d el 10K a d r i B e y ...................................... 8K a w a s a k i K i s e n K a i s h a ,

K o b e ............................................ 17K a z b o u r , A h m e d A b d e l A a l 23K e l l y , F r a n c i s ........................... 21K e t c h e d j i , Z a d e H a y r i B e y . 8 K h o u r i , E m i l e H a b i b 5K l e i n e r , B a r u c h ........................ 3I v l o m p u s s , A n n a ...................... 19K l o m p u s s , W o l f ........................ 19K n o l l , A .G . , L u d w i g s h a f e n . 21K o f f l e r , W i l l i a m ........................ 28K o j i m a ........................................... 17K o m a i ........................................... 22Ix o s t i .............................................. 8K o t e h o ........................................... 7K o t o S e i y a k u C o . , T o k y o . . 20K u r o m i v a , J a n ........................ 17K u r o m i y a , T o m ........................ 17K u s k u n d j u k F a c t o r y , I s ­

t a n b u l ...................................... 3, 28

L ., L o u i s T ...................................... 28L a g a d e c , L u c i e n ........................ 11“ L a m K e e , M a c a o ” . . . . 15,18 “ L a m K e e H o p , M a c a o ” . 14L a v i s s i è r e , P i e r r e ..................... 9L a z o f f , M e t o d i ............................. 7L e C h e v a l l i e r , A l f o n s o . . . . 19L e P e r d e r e l , M a r c e l ................ 19L e i b e l , K a r l ................................ 29L e o n o f f ........................................... 26L ie K o e i N j a n , B a t a v i a . . . . 14L i e b r e i c h , B r u n o ..................... 3L i e z e l .................................................“ L i o n ” m a r k ................. 1 2 ,1 4 ,1 5“ L io n o n G l o b e ” m a r k . 14“ L io n , G l o b e & S e r p e n t

m a r k ........................................ 13,14L o K w a i ......................................... 1®L o n g a r e t t i , G u i s e p p e 1°L o r e n z e t t i ................................... 28L o u k a o g l o u G i r i m a l d i s . . . • 8

M a g d , M a h m o u d M a h o m e dA b u e l .........................................

M a g o f f i n , B. R ........................ °M a r c e l l , J o e ................................M a r i n e s c u , A n t o n ................... ~M a r s o l i n i , M a r i a n o ............. ^M a t e c i t o , N a p o l e o n ............. ®M a y e d a , T a m o t s u ....................„M e c h e l a e r e ......................... 3, 2 5 - - ®

M e d o v i t c h ................................. JM e g a h e d , M a h m o u d .............M e l c o n i a n , O n i c ...................... ~M e n d e s , R a u l .............................M e r c k & Co., D a r m s t a d t 0 ,

18,21,2 2 (2)

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