893.512/1515: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
Hankow, May 4, 1938—11
a.m.
[Received May 4—5 a.m.]
[Received May 4—5 a.m.]
234. Tientsin’s 88, May 3, 4 p.m.6 Unless Department perceives objection thereto, I propose to inform Tientsin that Embassy perceives no objection to American owners of property in Tientsin Consular District informing local authorities of status of their titles to property through the Consul General. It is my opinion that Consulate General should notify American citizens that payment of taxes on this property should be made under protest.
Repeated to Peiping and Tientsin.
Johnson
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