893.512/718: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
Washington, December 3,
1927—3 p.m.
396. Your 1044, November 29, 11 a.m. Department considers that tax referred to by Consul General Shanghai is a violation of treaty when collected on American goods re-exported from one open port to another or shipped to the interior under transit pass. As regards question of protest see Department’s telegram No. 270, July 1, 5 p.m.
Kellogg