Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II

793.003/191: Telegram

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

Peiping, November 21, 1929—6 p.m.
[Received November 22—5:50 a.m.]

1024. My 1018, November 20, 10 p.m.

Under date line of Nanking, November 20, Reuter carries the following:

“It is learned in reliable quarters that the National Government has decided to issue a declaration on January 1 next announcing the abrogation of extraterritoriality in China.

A Foreign Office spokesman this afternoon stated that the step does not mean abrogation of China’s treaties with the powers. Only the clauses pertaining to the exercise of extraterritorial rights in China will be abolished.”

MacMurray