File No. 763.72112/2117
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 16, 9.30 a. m.]
3587. Your 2667, 5th.1 Am now informed by Foreign Office, after bringing matter to their attention, that British Government have decided that substances which are not tobacco and might be used for other purposes than smoking could and should not be treated as tobacco and share advantages enjoyed by tobacco as such, and that therefore tobacco extracts and tobacco substitutes must be consigned to Netherlands Oversea Trust. Information conveyed to you in my [Page 508] 3317, November 30,1 was based on statement made by official of the Foreign Office who now apologizes for unwittingly giving me information which was not correct.
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- Foreign Relations, 1915, Supplement, p. 206.↩