662.11241/30

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany ( Schurman )

No. 1482

Sir: The Department refers further to your despatch No. 1895 of January 25, 1927, and acknowledges the receipt of your despatch No. 2075 of March 21, 1927,67 concerning the extension of the free entry privilege on a reciprocal basis to the non-commissioned personnel of your Embassy and of the German Embassy at Washington.

The Department is now in receipt of a letter from the Treasury Department in reply to its inquiry in this matter, in which it is stated that the Treasury Department will, on a basis of reciprocity, accord the free entry privilege to the German non-commissioned personnel of the German Embassy at Washington upon the request of this Department in each instance with the understanding that no article the importation of which is prohibited by the laws of the United States shall be imported by such personnel.

You are requested to advise the Foreign Office, therefore, that this Government is willing to enter into a reciprocal arrangement whereby the free entry privilege may be extended to the American non-commissioned personnel including domestic servants of the American Embassy at Berlin and the German non-commissioned personnel including domestic servants of the German Embassy at Washington with the understanding that no article the importation of which is prohibited by the law of either country shall be imported by such [Page 931] personnel. The Department will make the arrangement effective immediately upon receipt of advice from you that the German Government agrees.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
W. R. Castle, Jr.
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