693.003/574

The Chinese Chargé (Tung Kwai) to the Secretary of State

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a cablegram from the Waichiao Pu (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), dated [Page 667] the 8th instant, authorizing me to sign with you a treaty between China and the United States giving effect to the new Chinese Import Tariff as revised by the Tariff Commission which completed its labors at Shanghai on December 20, 1918.

Accept [etc.]

Yung Kwai