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893.512/899: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)

Washington, January 5, 1929—6 p.m.

8. Your 2, January 3, 4 p.m.

1.
Draft of proposed note is approved.
2.
The Department’s records do not clearly indicate whether the particular taxes involved in this case are paid by virtue of a private [Page 792] tax agreement or are paid by the public generally. The Department assumes that consular officers are careful to avoid basing their representations on the stipulations of private agreements for the payment of extra treaty taxes.
Kellogg