Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 2, The World War

File No. 763.72112/5449

The Minister in China ( Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Peking, November 10, 1917, 1 p.m.
[Received November 10, 11.20 a.m.]

Your instructions No. 676, August 31. Is the paying or receiving of rents upon existing leases from or to Germans domiciled in China advisable for American citizens, or would they thereby risk refusal of export licenses?

Reinsch