Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The Near East and Africa, Volume VIII

881.00/11–2045

The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (Alling) to the Secretary of State

No. 146

Tangier, November 20, 1945.
[Received November 27.]

Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy of my Note of November 6, 1945, addressed to the President of the Committee of Control, informing him of the method previously used in obtaining the approval of the United States to laws enacted in the International Zone of Tangier. I also enclose a copy of the reply¹ of my French colleague who also informed me orally that he had submitted the matter to the Protectorate authorities at Rabat.

Very respectfully yours,

Paul H. Alling

[Enclosure]

The Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (Alling) to the President of the Committee of Control (De Beauverger ²)

Tangier, November 6, 1945.

Mr. Minister and Dear Colleague: I have the honor to inform you that under the extraterritorial jurisdiction enjoyed by the United States in Morocco, no laws, decrees, orders, or regulations can be made applicable to American nationals and ressortissants unless and until, upon formal application made to that effect by the Sherifian Government, the United States Government shall have given its assent thereto.

For the assistance of the Committee of Control in regard to the procedure to be adopted in the above connection in so far as concerns enactments of the Tangier administration, there are annexed hereto copies of correspondence³ exchanged in reference to consumption taxes on matches and on gasoline introduced by that Administration in the year 1931.

Please accept [etc.]

Paul H. Alling

1. November 17, 1945, not printed; it was an acknowledgment of receipt of the Diplomatic Agent’s note of November 6.
2. Baron Edmond de Beauverger was the French Consul General at Tangier.
3. Not printed.