693.003/563: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Reinsch)
Department’s March 27, 6 p.m. and April 28, 4 p.m.81 Congress convened May 19. When will Chinese appoint plenipotentiary to negotiate new tariff treaty? Department has received letter of April 3, from Arnold transmitting copies of Draft of Revised Import Tariff. These copies bear no signatures or other evidence of official character. Were the tariff schedules and rules agreed upon signed by representatives of different powers? If so and signed copies have not been sent, please forward them earliest practicable moment. Advise Department by cable of situation. Important that this government should have copy of tariff and rules authenticated as identical with that approved by other governments.
- The latter not printed.↩