702.0641D/15
The Chargé in the Irish Free State (Denby) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 24.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s Instruction No. 315, of October 17, 1934,5 dealing with the exemption of American consular officers in the city and county of Dublin from the payment of the road tax on their motor vehicles.
I beg to report hereby that on the basis of data furnished the Legation by the Department, the Government of the Irish Free State has also accorded exemption from this tax, as from January 1, 1935, to American consular officers stationed in the city and county of Cork. As set forth in a letter of January 7, 1935, addressed to me by Mr. Sean Murphy, the Assistant Secretary of the Department of External Affairs, the exemption is accorded to the American Consul and American Vice-Consul resident in the city and county of Cork “in respect of one motor car each, used in connection with their official duties.”
The privilege is accorded, on the basis of reciprocity, because of the exemption enjoyed by foreign consular officers in the State of Illinois from the payment of registration fees on their motor cars.
There are no American consular officers stationed elsewhere, in the Irish Free State, than in Dublin and Cork.
Respectfully yours,
- Not printed. This instruction enclosed data regarding treatment of foreign consular officers in Massachusetts, Illinois, and California with respect to automobile fees.↩