890D.5151/15

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Beirut ( Palmer )

The Secretary of State refers to the Consulate General’s despatch no. 504, of March 20, 1940, regarding the transfer of inheritances from the mandated territory to heirs domiciled in the United States, and encloses herewith, for the Consulate General’s information, a copy of an instruction on the subject which has been sent to the American Embassy in Paris.52

The Consulate General is requested to report to the Department any further information it may obtain concerning this subject, with particular regard to the question of discrimination against heirs domiciled in the United States as compared with heirs domiciled in France or Great Britain.

Copies of any despatches sent to the Department on the subject should be forwarded direct to the Embassy in Paris.

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