693.002 Manchuria/128: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 30—8 a.m.]
751. Following from American Consul General at Mukden:
“June 29, 4 p.m. Referring to my telegram of June 28, noon [midnight?], a letter dated June 27 was received this morning from the new Superintendent of the Customs, Newchwang, stating that in accordance with instructions of the Ministry of Finance, Changchun, Ehara, a Japanese, formally took charge of the customhouse as Acting Commissioner on June 27. The letter also stated that the existing import and export tariff and customs procedure shall remain in force temporarily. It is understood that the new Commissioner was a customs assistant at that post.”