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. 5727/157.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Swiss Minister .

Department of State,
Washington , December 13, 1907 .

No. 60.]

Sir: Referring to your note of the 20th ultimo and the department’s acknowledgment of the 6th instant relative to certificates as to value issued by certain Swiss chambers of commerce, I have the honor to inform you that the department is in receipt of a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, stating that all customs officers will be instructed in the next issue of the “Treasury Decisions” that the provisions of point “F” of the diplomatic note annexed to the agreement with Germany have been extended to the following Swiss chambers of commerce:

The chambers of commerce of Zurich, Basle, Geneva, and Berne, the Swiss Chamber of Watchmakers at La Chaux-de-Fonds, and the Commercial Directory (Kaufmannische Direktorium) of St. Gall.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.