667.003/139: Telegram

The High Commissioner at Constantinople (Bristol) to the Secretary of State

232. Urgently request instructions concerning taxation plan set forth in my 221, July 23, 12 a.m. [July 24, noon]. Reports now current that on September 1st Ottoman Government intends to put into effect 11 percent ad valorem system plus consumption taxes. Refer to Department’s 86, November 15, 6 p.m.18

Bristol