893.102H/327: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Reinsch)
Your July 12, 2 p.m.
In view of present conditions in Russia and in consideration of Government’s policy as communicated to you in Department’s number [Page 790] 958 of April 10, 1919,44 it is felt that present is not time for entering into formal arrangement such as you propose. It is believed that interests of American firms can be protected by informal good offices on part of American Consul at Harbin who should be able to effect some temporary method whereby the American firm in question could secure deeds to land on basis Department’s instruction to him of May 24, 1910, published on page 230 of the Foreign Relations of 1910, pending satisfactory settlement of question of municipal regulations at some future and more opportune time.