701.0611/372: Telegram

The Chargé in France (Armour) to the Secretary of State

351. Please telegraph whether clerks French Embassy, Washington, are immune from income tax as a matter of principle or only because [Page 274] salaries less than amount of personal exemption allowed all residents. American clerks here subject to French income tax and case of National Exposition hardship has arisen which renders advisable renewed effort to secure exemption on their behalf provided reciprocity can be shown.

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