893.61331/187: Telegram
The Consul at Tsingtao (Sokobin) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 7—9:47 a.m.]
221. Universal Leaf Tobacco Company will sign agreement tomorrow morning with the Japanese military mission covering rights of purchase of 1,600,000 pounds of leaf tobacco at five places on the railway, including Tsingtao, under conditions along the lines of those outlined in my telegram 212, November 13, 11 a.m., but with more liberal construction and concessions and with clause which will enable company to purchase beyond the instant allotment if the size of the crop permits.
Repeated to Peiping, Shanghai. Tokyo informed by telegram.