881.512/75
The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State
His Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and, with reference to the memorandum from the Department of State of February 27th last (No. 881.512/67) and previous correspondence, has the honour under instructions from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to convey to the United States Government the thanks of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom for having agreed to the application to their nationals and ressortissants of the four specific draft laws relating to certain consumption duties and the gate tax in the Tangier Zone of Morocco.
While naturally regretting that the United States Government have not seen their way to make applicable to American nationals the general measure providing that any draft law submitted to the Assembly by the Tangier Administration in connection with an increase of consumption duties shall be put into immediate effect, His Majesty’s Government greatly appreciate, in general, the United States Government’s statement of their desire to facilitate the administration [Page 528] of Tangier in every possible way, and, in particular, their most helpful offer to examine in advance the texts—if furnished to them—of any fresh draft laws of this nature with a view to their enforcement at the earliest possible date after their adoption by the International Assembly.