Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 5869/41.

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador White.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 18, 1907.

(Mr. Bacon states, referring to Mr. White’s telegram of the 17th, that the Treasury is satisfied of governmental standing of French chambers of commerce and assures this department that it will issue instructions at once to appraising officers to accept certificates issued by the said chambers as competent evidence. Directs Mr. White to convey to the Government of France our grateful appreciation of its friendly action in ordering the admission of American salted meats without microscopic examination.)