Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume I

846g.113/—

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury (Mellon)

Washington, June 24, 1922.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Dover’s letter of June 10, 1922,⁶⁸ inquiring whether permits are required for shipments of arms or munitions of war to Hongkong, Kwantung, Korea and French Indo-China.

In reply you are advised that permits are necessary for shipments to the leased territory of Kwantung, but are not required for shipments to the British Crown colony of Hongkong, Korea or French Indo-China.

I have [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Leland Harrison

Assistant Secretary

68. Not printed; Elmer Dover was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.