893.711/109: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Johnson)
246. Your 590, July 12, 3 p.m.,86 and 573, July 5, 11 a.m.
- 1.
- As the proviso quoted in your 573, July 5, 11 a.m., appears from the language used in your new draft of a final paragraph to be a new proposal not covered by the understanding as disclosed in the correspondence available to the Department, the Department is unable to perceive how you can recommend acceptance of act of registration by American newspapers and periodicals without first having an assurance from Chinese authorities that the conditions of the proviso have been met.
- 2.
- Department suggests as a substitute for the amendment which you
offer the following:
“On the above understanding, and as soon as I shall have been informed that the requirements of the act of registration are in practical force in consonance therewith, I shall be prepared to recommend to American newspapers and periodicals that they register as requested.”
If this is acceptable, you are authorized to proceed.87 If not, please inform Department on what basis you and British Legation reach conclusion that request for confirmation is unnecessary.