893.12/43: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
336. Your September 22, 5 p.m. In view of your recommendation and Shanghai telegram September 10, 5 p.m., Department authorizes Legation to refrain from accepting quarantine regulations for the present, meanwhile tacitly permitting enforcement as concerns measures dealing with entry into the port and watching results of Chinese administration. Quarantine measures under United States quarantine regulations applied to ships and cargo destined to American ports should be supervised and certified to by United States Public Health Service at Shanghai and Consul should not certify to official character of officers of Chinese National Quarantine Service. Repeat to Shanghai.