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"under the United States-kuscat Treat/ of 1833.
"Negotiations to this end are now in progress at
"Washington, and I have no reason to doubt but that they
"will be brought to an early and satisfactory conclusion".
3. The history of the negotiations in question at
Y/ashington is briefly as follows
In a note of July 29th 1919, nis Majesty's Charge
d*Affaires at Washington had represented to the United
States Government that United States citizens were claiming
immunity from the payment of municipal taxes under article
VI of the Convention of 1833, and, by so doing, were hampering
the municipality of Zanzibar in the lighting and sanitation
of the city, iie enquired whether the United States Government
would agree to cancel axticle VI of the treaty. To this the
United States Government replied on August 12th 1919, that as
long ago as 1914 they had instructed the United States Consul
that they did not claim exemption for United States citizens
from the payment of a "regular and reasonable tax upon real
estate". They did not, therefore, regard it as necessary
to cancel article VI. Shortly after this, viz., on August
20th 1919, Mr. Lindsay was instructed to endeavour to obtain
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the amendment of article II and article IX of the United
States Treaty of 1833. Amendment of article II was desired
so as to give the Zanzibar Government a free hand to prohibit
the importation of undesirable goods into the Protectorate.
In regard to article IX Mr. Lindsay Mvas informed that His
i^iajesty's Government would be glad to secure the abrogation
of the personal immunity enjoyed by United States Consular
Officers under article IX of the Treaty of 1833 between the
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United States and Muscat and reaffirmed by article II of the
Treaty of 1886 between the United States and Zanzibar, ur.
Lindsay