Office of the Historian

893.512/681: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai (Cunningham) to the Secretary of State

Shanghai, September 30, 1927—4 p.m.
[Received September 30—10 a.m.]

Referring to Department’s September 28, 5 p.m. American shipping companies and warehousemen have agreed to release cargo in accordance with paragraph 7 of my September 26, 4 p.m.

2.
There is no reciprocal understanding with foreign consulates and, inasmuch as American warehousemen have agreed to release, the questions raised in the Department’s September 28, 5 p.m., in paragraphs 2 and 3 do not arise. The importance of my being authorized to accept these duties is covered in my telegram of September 26, 4 p.m.
3.
Longfellow and Adams have appealed from the Commissioner’s decision but will not pursue such appeal if Department authorizes me to accept duties in accordance with paragraph 7 of my September 26, 4 p.m. Repeated to Legation.
Cunningham