031.11 American Museum of Natural History (4th Asiatic)/51: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (MacMurray)
219. Can you give Department any information as to the present status of Andrews expedition. Department understood that Chinese Minister here advised National Government to permit expedition to proceed into the field subject to release of 1928 collections, the Natural History Museum being willing to leave the question of disposal of 1929 finds to be settled under legislation now being enacted by National Government, it being understood that Chinese Minister here had advised his Government that all other governments make a distinction between palaeontological specimens and archaeological specimens in such legislation. Natural History Museum also notified Chinese Minister here that it would not accept a co-director of the expedition but would take two Chinese students into the field and would bring one to America.