811.6363/28: Telegram
The Minister in the Netherlands (Phillips) to the Acting Secretary of State
The
Hague, December 20,
1920—3 p.m.
[Received December 20—1:54 p.m.]
[Received December 20—1:54 p.m.]
287. The Minister of the Colonies has asked me the nature of the oil legislation reported recently to have gone into effect in the Philippine Islands. Please advise me regarding this legislation and whether it is retaliatory applicable only to those countries which do not grant reciprocal privileges in mineral oils.
Phillips