890E.1281/2
The Consul at Beirut ( Steger ) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 8.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to my despatch No. 628 of January 13, 1934, reporting what appears to be a discrimination against foreign physicians and pharmacists in the Lebanese Republic, and especially [Page 491] to the penultimate paragraph, in which I stated that the British Consul General had made representations to the French High Commission regarding the matter.
After receipt of the reply of the High Commission, which, as previously reported, was identical with that addressed to me, the British Consul General reported the matter to the British Foreign Office. He has now been informed that the Foreign Office considers the arguments advanced by the French High Commission as unsound and evasive, and that the British Ambassador at Paris has been instructed to present the views of the British Government on the subject to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Respectfully yours,