860P.512 Residence/17
The Minister in Latvia (Coleman) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 17.]
Sir: Referring to the Legation’s despatch No. 5840, of January 21, 1929, and to the Department’s Instruction No. 598, of February 12, 1929, concerning the removal of the sojourn tax levied on American citizens residing in Latvia, I now have the honor to transmit herewith copies of a Note dated February 27, 1929, from the Legation to the Latvian Foreign Office, and of the latter’s reply, dated June 1, 1929,9 stating that, beginning July 1, 1929, a fee of Lats 10.00 per year for the permit of sojourn in Latvia of American citizens shall replace the previous sojourn tax.
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