121.5759/6
The Minister in Denmark (Prince) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 29.]
Sir: With reference to the Department’s Instruction No. 271, dated April 21st, 192572 and the Legation’s Despatch No. 886, of May 29, [Page 247] 1925,73 relative to the proposed recognition by the Danish Government of certain Customs Attachés and assistant Customs Attachés in their respective official capacities, I have the honor to enclose, herewith, a copy and translation of a Note from the Danish Foreign Office, dated August 7th, 1925,73 regretting that the Government of Denmark is unable to conform to the wishes expressed on this subject by the Government of the United States.
As I have already pointed out in the Despatch above-mentioned, the Danish Government has delayed its reply in order to act in concert with certain other Scandinavian countries, and it may be of interest to note in this respect, that the reasons given for refusing the request of the United States Government are identical with those given by the Government of Sweden.74
In a conversation with Count Reventlow on this subject, I was confidentially informed that, apart from the attitude of the Danish Government as expressed in its Note, the Foreign Office was averse at the present time to the granting of diplomatic status to other Government officials beyond those at present recognized, because of the probability of similar requests from the Soviet Legation for the various Attachés assigned to that mission.
I have [etc.]