893.52/506
The Ambassador in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 25.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of despatch no. 2426 of July 17, 1940, addressed by the Consulate General at Shanghai to the Embassy at Peiping,19 inquiring whether the land office of the Consulate General should deal with the new Land Bureau of the “Shanghai Special Municipality” which recently came into possession of the land records of the former Chinese Administration at Shanghai,20 and which is engaged in setting up a new Land Bureau soon to be ready to function.
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The Embassy at Peiping recommends that the Consulate General be instructed by naval radio to deal with the new Land Bureau on [Page 764] the same basis as with the old Land Bureau provided the new Land Bureau issues satisfactory consular title deeds and provided the British and French consulates general at Shanghai adopt a similar attitude.21
Respectfully yours,
Second Secretary of Embassy
- Not printed.↩
- See telegram of July 6, 2 p.m., from the Consul at Shanghai, p. 752.↩
- In telegram No. 445, September 30, 7 p.m., the Consul at Shanghai was instructed to act in accordance with this paragraph “interpreting the phrase ‘on the same basis as with the old Land Bureau’ as meaning that the Consulate General will have such informal relations with the new Bureau as may be required for the conduct of business.”↩