824.733/6
The Minister in Bolivia (Feely) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 12.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to this Legation’s telegram No. 33, dated April 15, 1931, informing the Department of the statement of [Page 875] the local manager of the All America Cables, Incorporated, that he would be required by the Bolivian Government to collect the taxes prescribed by the Law of February 14, 1929, on all cables except press despatches and official messages of the Bolivian Government, and to the Department’s telegram No. 15 of April 23, 1931, approving the protest of the Legation against the requirement that such taxes should be paid by this mission.
The Director of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a note to the Legation dated July 24, 1931,2 transmitted a legalized copy of a Supreme Decree issued by the President of the Republic on July 7, 1931, whereby all diplomatic representatives accredited to Bolivia are exempted from the payment of this tax, as well as consular officers to whom exemption from the payment of such taxes has been granted by treaties in effect. A copy of this decree, together with an English translation thereof, is enclosed herewith.2 It is believed that the matter may now be considered closed.
Respectfully yours,