File No. 763.72112/2341
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury (McAdoo)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of March 10, 1916, enclosing a copy of a letter dated the 8th instant from the collector of customs at Baltimore with a subenclosure from E. C. Geyer and Company of Baltimore, in reference to a shipment, of tobacco which the latter firm wishes to make.
I am informed by Doctor Holder, foreign trade adviser, that the British Embassy is telegraphing the British consul at Baltimore to allow the shipment of Geyer and Company to proceed without inspection.
The question of future shipments it is hoped will be arranged for either to-day or Monday when a further communication will be addressed to you on this subject.
I have [etc.]