Office of the Historian

611.937/26: Telegram

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

Peking, August 17, 1929—6 p.m.
[Received August 17—6:10 p.m.]

725. My 617, July 23, 10 p.m. Following from American Consul at Nanking:

“August 15, 3 p.m. Minister of Foreign Affairs informs me that Minister of Finance has instructed Superintendent of Customs at Hankow to discontinue collection of taxes wood oil stored by Smith Company in Standard Oil Company tank. Despatch follows.64”

MacMurray
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