693.003/778: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 29—10:15 a.m.]
500. 1. Arnold has informed the Legation that the Nationalist Commissioner of Foreign Affairs took possession of the office of Tariff Valuations Commission at Shanghai on April 4th and that it appears that the labors of the Commission as at present constituted are terminated.
2. The Legation has received a note from the Foreign Office, dated April 25th, proposing that, with a view to carrying out treaty provisions, Commission convene at Peking in order that work of revision of valuations may be completed. I am referring the matter to Arnold for his recommendations.