862.5151/1446

The Consul General at Berlin (Jenkins) to the Secretary of State

No. 101

Sir: I have the honor to refer to this Consulate General’s despatch No. 94 of November 28, 1934,53 and previous correspondence in regard to currency control measures affecting American shipping, and in particular to an agreement between the United States Lines, the Dresdner Bank and the German exchange authorities.

The Department will recall that this office was under the impression that this agreement would include other American shipping lines interested, in addition to the United States Lines. I am now informed, however, in a letter dated November 30 from Consul General Erhardt, that only the United States Lines is concerned with the terms of the special agreement, and that the Southern States Lines, the Yankee Line, the Mobile Oceanic Line and the American-West African Line are proceeding under the provisions of the regulations promulgated by the German government with respect to the payment of freight to foreign steamship owners and their representatives. With the exception of the United States Lines, in other words, the American steamship companies will open one special account each for “Nebengebuehre”, or incidental charges, instead of two accounts as the United States Lines appears to have done. It is thought this information should be in the Department’s files in case the matter should come up for consideration at any time in the future.

Respectfully yours,

Douglas Jenkins
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