493.11/1468: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
315. Your 838, September 19, 7 p.m.49
- 1.
- A copy of your 672 of August 5, 3 p.m.,49 was sent to the Treasury
Department with necessary explanation and Department has now
received reply dated September 24. Pertinent paragraphs follow:
“If the proposal that the payments in question hereafter shall be made direct to the China Foundation is formally approved by the proper representatives of the Chinese Government, the Treasury is of the opinion that a procedure similar to that followed in connection with the 1925 remission under which the checks would be issued in favor of the American Minister and endorsed by him to the China [Page 858] Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture would be entirely proper, and the Treasury can see no objection thereto.
Your statement is noted that arrangements will be made for a proper form of receipt for such installments of the 1908 remission from the China Foundation, the wording of which will, in conformity with past procedure, indicate that the funds in question are to be utilized for the support of Tsing Hua College and of the Educational Mission in America. It is suggested that the form of receipt be so worded as to indicate that the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture is the agent designated by the Chinese Government to receive the payments in question.”
- 2.
- When Executive Yuan has approved the proposed procedure you may hand to the China Foundation the monthly indemnity remissions concerned, receipts for which should embody inter alia the statements referred to in the letter from the Treasury. Inform Department by telegraph when checks now held by you have been handed to the China Foundation.