File No. 893.51/1972
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( MacMurray)
[Telegram]
Washington,
September 24, 1918, 3 p.m.
Your August 22, 6 p.m. Should an authentic copy of the texts of the agreement and exchange of notes relating to a loan on the security of the forests and mines in Kirin and Heilungkiang Provinces confirm substantially the texts forwarded with your despatch of July 27 last you will lodge with the Chinese Government a formal protest against the monopolistic features of the said agreement.
Lansing