893.51/5127
The Minister in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Extract]
Peking, February 21, 1929.
[Received April
1.]
No. 1932
Sir: With reference to my telegram No. 95, of
February 8, 6 p.m., and to previous correspondence respecting the
protection of the interests of American creditors of the Chinese
Government, I have the honor to enclose a translation of the reply of
February 6, 1929, made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to my note of
December 27, 1928. …
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I have [etc.]
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[Enclosure—Translation]
The Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs
(C. T.
Wang) to the American
Minister (MacMurray)
[Nanking,] February 6, 1929.
L–661
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of Your Excellency’s note of December 27, 1928, in
which, under the instruction of Your Excellency’s Government, you
request a formal statement of the policy of the Chinese Government
in relation to the obligations due to foreign creditors.
This Ministry transmitted the above to the Ministry of Finance and
has now received a reply stating:
“With regard to the various American claims for indebtedness
against the former Ministry of Finance, it will be necessary
to wait until the present Ministry has placed them together
with the various claims of other nationalities, and after
giving them joint consideration, has settled upon a method
of procedure, then they may be handled.”
I have the honor to reply for Your Excellency’s information.
