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The German Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Translation.]
Imperial German Embassy,
Washington , November 29, 1905 .

Mr. Secretary of State: On the occasion of a claim advanced by a consul of the United States in Germany to exemption from the payment of the dog tax, under article 3 of the consular convention of December 11, 1871, I have the honor to request that your excellency will kindly inform me whether a corresponding tax exemption is granted to consuls of the German Empire in the United States.

Accept, etc.,

Sternburg.