893.4061 Motion Pictures/220
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 4, 1937.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s telegram No. 278, November 16, 6 p.m., in regard to the confiscation of American motion picture films by the Chinese National Motion Picture Censorship Committee, and to enclose for the information of the Department a copy of a despatch received from Counselor Peck at Nanking regarding this subject under date November 20, 1936.80 In that despatch Mr. Peck reports that the Director of the Department of International Affairs of the Foreign Office in an interview with Mr. Peck stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shares the opinion of the Embassy that there exists no legal provision authorizing the Censorship Committee to confiscate films; and, the Director promised that the Ministry would send a communication to the Censorship Committee in regard to the matter.
Respectfully yours,
Counselor of Embassy
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