893.05/153: Telegram
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11 p.m.]
532. My 520, June 29, noon. Following from Senior Consul, Shanghai, to Senior Minister in telegram dated June 29, noon.
“The following reply to the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs from the Senior Consul is approved by the consular body committee:
‘I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated June 28, 1929, in which you quote an instruction from the Kiangsu Provincial Government as follows: “The provisional agreement for the rendition of the Shanghai Mixed Court which has been in force since January 1, 1927, is deemed inapplicable under the present circumstances.” It is presumed that your letter communicating this instruction to me is intended to be the notice provided for in the final sentence of article 7 of the Mixed Court rendition agreement of August 31, 1926.’”