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The German Embassy to the Department of State

Memorandum

On January 21st 1928 the Embassy had the honor to inform the Department of State69 of the apprehension felt by the German Government with regard to ‘the former Senate Bill 717 “to provide for the deportation of certain Alien seamen, and for other purposes”.

The considerations submitted in this respect also pertain to the’ bills S. 202, S. 1941 and H.R. 7763 introduced in the present 71st Congress, as any such legislation would, in the opinion of the German Government, entail serious difficulties to the German American shipping trade.