893.512/686: Telegram

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

Your October 3, 5 p.m. and Oct. 4, 11 a.m. In view of paragraphs 1, 7 and 10 of your September 26, 4 p.m. and Department’s October 1, 6 p.m., it is not clear from the telegrams under acknowledgment whether you intend to accept from importers of goods stored in American godowns surtaxes in addition to treaty duties. Please telegraph explanation.

Kellogg