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The Secretary of State to the German Ambassador (Von Prittwitz)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the German Ambassador and has the honor to inform him that a special reciprocal agreement has been entered into between the German Government and the United States Government, whereby the American non-commissioned personnel of the American Embassy in Berlin and the German non-commissioned personnel of the German Embassy at Washington are to be accorded the free entry privilege.
The Secretary of State has the honor to advise the Ambassador, therefore, that upon the request of the Germany Embassy in each instance the Department of State will arrange for the extension of similar free entry privileges to the German non-commissioned personnel of the German Embassy at Washington as are enjoyed by German consular officers assigned to the United States.
The Secretary of State has the honor to add that the German Government did not find it practicable to include domestic servants in this arrangement and that, therefore, the domestic servants employed at the German Embassy in Washington will not be accorded the privilege of free importation of articles for their personal use.