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The Italian Chargé ( Longhi ) to the Secretary of State

The Italian Chargé d’Affaires a. i. presents his compliments to His Excellency the Secretary of State and has the honor to ask him to be so kind as to let him know what facilities are given to Italian newspapermen in the United States as regards to Federal and State taxes.

This the Chargé d’Affaires requests, under instructions from his Government, to the end of ascertaining whether, on a reciprocity basis, it may be possible to exempt from the payment of income tax the representatives of the American press residing in Italy.

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In case the Italian journalists residing in this country are not at present exempted from Federal and States taxes, the Chargé d’Affaires has the honor to inform His Excellency the Secretary of State that the Italian Government would be disposed to exonerate from all income taxes the American journalists now in Italy, provided a similar decision were adopted in favor of their Italian colleagues residing in the United States.