893.74/889: Telegram
The Chargé in China ( Perkins ) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 19 (18?)—9:55 a.m.]
57. My 56.98 Following from American Consul at Nanking:
“January 15, midnight. Following is the translation of note dated January 14th from Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
‘I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I have received a despatch from the Ministry of Communications which reads as follows:
“On April 6th, 1905, the Chinese Telegraph Administration under the former Ching management authorized the Commercial Pacific Cable Company, [Page 628] an American concern, to lay a cable from Manila to the vicinity of Shanghai.99 An agreement was signed by the two parties concerned and other documents relating to the matter were annexed.1 It is now decided to abrogate this agreement and its accompanying documents as of January 1st, 20th year of the Chinese Republic (January 1st, 1931). Having notified the American company asking them to take preparatory steps to dispose of the matter, you are requested to inform the American Minister accordingly.”
I have the honor therefore to indite this note for Your Excellency’s information.’”
- Dated January 17, 1930; not printed.↩
- Cable Landing Licenses: Hearings before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 66th Cong., 3d sess., on Senate Document 4301 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1921), p. 396.↩
- See document signed August 23, 1906, List of Contracts of American Nationals With the Chinese Government, etc., annex 1, p. 3.↩