Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

667.003/304: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State

Ankara, April 25, 1939—noon.
[Received 12:46 p.m.]

61. I learn that as from April 20 the Turkish tariff was made applicable to the Hatay. This involves payment on imports into that area not only of Turkish duties but also of Turkish consumption and transaction taxes and other incidental taxes and minor charges.

Inform Commerce.

Repeated to Paris, Beirut.

MacMurray