Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1921, Volume I

893.00/4109

The Acting Secretary of the Navy (Washington) to the Secretary of State

Washington, October 25, 1921.

27403–340:5

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of 18 October, 1921, (So 893.00/4021) relative to the furnishing of naval escorts on foreign vessels in Chinese waters, and I beg to inform you that copies of the correspondence in the premises have been furnished to the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Fleet with directions to be governed by the spirit of your letter hereby acknowledged.

Respectfully,

Thos. Washington