896.51/11–2646: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Charge in the Philippines (Davis)
730. From McNutt. Release following press release for Sunday morning newspapers December 1 (Manila time). Will be simultaneously released here.
“Negotiations looking to the conclusion of a convention with the Government of the Philippines relating to income and estate taxes of the two countries are expected to open at Manila early in January.
Prior to that time the delegation of technical experts which will assist Ambassador Paul V. McNutt in the negotiations would be glad to confer with interested parties or to receive statements and suggestions from them concerning problems in tax relations with the Philippines. Communications in this connection should be addressed to Mr. Eldon P. King, Special Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington 25, D.C.”