Office of the Historian

693.9431/42: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)

Washington, April 26, 1930—6 p.m.

146. Your 265, April 12, 4 p.m.4 In the opinion of this Department and of the Department of Commerce, the favored nation provisions of our tariff agreement with China entitle our trade to the benefit of any reduction in rates which may be made in treaties with or which may be accorded to any other country.

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