The Archive · 1938

The Open Door Parcel Post to Manchoukuo

To the Editor of the "NonrH-CHiwA Dany News"

Sm—As a matter of interest I would like to mention a case where a package of my company's stationery was refused by the Japanese authorities in Mukden on the grounds that the contents were not Japanese manufacture.

The package was despatched by us last month under Parcel receipt number 72602 and was returned to us today with the demand for 80 cents return postage fee, and the above mentioned information, It would appear on the face of it that there is an embargo against foreign goods—a matter, you will agree, of some seriousness although parcel delivétiés are not so terribly important in trade. Maybe you will feel inclined to enquire into the matter and, perhaps, if you published this letter, other firms might save themselves the expense of posting such parcels for delivery through the open door of Manchoukuo,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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