693.003/587

The Chinese Minister (Wellington Koo) to the Secretary of State

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have just received cable instructions from my Government, dated the 15th instant, empowering me to sign a treaty between China and the United States, giving effect to the new Chinese Import Tariff as revised by a Commission composed of delegates appointed by the Chinese Government and the Governments of the United States and other powers having treaties with China, which completed its work at Shanghai on the 20th day of December, 1918.

Accept [etc.]

Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo