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893.512/1521: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Hankow ( Josselyn )

Washington , August 6, 1938—3 p.m.

For the Ambassador. Reference Canton’s July 16, 11 a.m., in regard to transit taxes. The Department assumes that you have made appropriate representations to the Chinese Foreign Office.

Please inform Canton that the Department has not received the despatch referred to in the telegram under reference.25

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  1. The despatch (not printed) was received two days later, August 8.↩