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The Secretary of State to Representative Stephen G. Porter
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of February 965 transmitting a copy of House Resolution No. 40866 calling for information as to the existence of any secret understandings between officials of this Government and officials of other Powers as to the joint use of military and naval forces in China in the event of the violation of certain treaties. In reply I have the honor to inform you that there are no secret understandings between officials of this Government and officials of other Powers as to the joint use of military and naval forces in China in the event of the violation of any treaty between the United States and China or between China and any of the Powers.
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