701.0667/5

The High Commissioner in Turkey ( Bristol ) to the Secretary of State

No. 1973

Sir: I have the honor to state that in accordance with the authorization contained in the Department’s telegraphic instruction No. 44, June 25, 5 P.M., I signed today at the Swedish Legation the collective [Page 1002] note of June 22, 1926, which will be presented to the Turkish Government by Mr. Souritch, Russian Ambassador at Angora and Dean of the Diplomatic body, requesting exemption for diplomatic and consular officers from the operation of consumption and other special tax laws recently enacted by the National Assembly and transmitted textually to the Department with the High Commission’s despatches Nos. 1887 and 1891, respectively of May 4, last.40

With reference to Paragraph 2 of the Department’s telegram No. 44, marked “Confidential”, I signed the note in conjunction with my colleagues taking fully into consideration the difference in my status vis-á-vis my colleagues and believing that the collective note would carry more weight with the Turkish authorities in this instance than any other course which I might have adopted.

There are enclosed herewith copies of the original French and in [an] English translation of the collective note under reference.40

I have [etc.]

Mark L. Bristol
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