Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 667.003/67

The Secretary of State to the Chargé d’Affaires of Turkey

[Memorandum]

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires of the Imperial Ottoman Embassy and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the memorandum No. 4690/17 of August 21, 1916, by means of which information is communicated of the intention of the Imperial Ottoman Government to put into effect the new Ottoman customs tariff on the basis of specific duties on and after September 1/14, 1916.

This acknowledgment of the receipt of the memorandum of the Chargé d’Affaires is made without prejudice to the position which the Government of the United States has announced or may hereafter announce with reference to the legality of the action which the Imperial Ottoman Government essays to take in the premises.

Department of State,
Washington , September 7, 1916.