893.01/779
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 29.]
Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy and translation of a note from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated April 10, 1940,54 asking that the Embassy give serious attention to and take steps to prevent a reported project on the part of the Wang “Bogus regime” at Nanking to compel registration with the self-styled “Central Government” of Chinese and foreign industrial and commercial concerns, under threat of refusal to grant Customs permits to export the products of such concerns. The note asserts that if this intended action is not averted, the administration of the Chinese Maritime Customs will be destroyed and the industrial and commercial interests of foreign powers will be affected in an important and intimate manner.
An acknowledgment of the receipt of this communication has been [Page 724] sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the statement that steps have been taken to bring it to the attention of the American authorities concerned.
Respectfully yours,
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