811.512341 Shipping/33

The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador ( Howard )

Excellency: I have the honor to refer to your note No.1148 dated November 26, 1924, enclosing a copy of an Order of His Majesty the King, in Council, dated November 7, 1924, regarding the arrangement with your Government for the reciprocal exemption of shipping profits from income tax.

The appropriate authorities of this Government have been giving consideration to the matter and feel that some uncertainty exists with regard to the provision in the third paragraph of the Order in Council to the effect that the exemption shall be deemed to take effect on May 1, 1923, whereas your note transmitting the Order in [Page 272] Council dated November 7, 1924, states that it will take effect “from that date”.

I shall be grateful if you will be so good as to furnish me a statement regarding the exact date from which exemption is granted to American citizens or corporations under British laws in order that the exemption of British subjects or corporations under the laws of the United States may be made effective from the same date.

Accept [etc.]

Charles E. Hughes