Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( MacMurray)

[Telegram]

Washington, October 10, 1918, 11 a.m.

Your October 8, 2 p.m., and referring to note from Foreign Office of August 21, 1918.

You may inquire of the Chinese Government whether this Government is to understand from the closing sentence of the reply of the Ministry of Finance that those of other nationality including American citizens will be allowed to cooperate in the Kirin forestry agreement and its subsidiary privileges.

Polk