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B-55649 1 (1946-02-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadagc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLER GENERAL OF TH-E UNTTED STATES WASHINGTON 25 FEB 19 1946 FE8 12 The HonoraWe, The Secretary of State. d tear Mr. Secretarys I hawe your letter of January 29, 1946, as folloas Cotract at lease no. S9 fe-S6 dated September 26, 1935 covers fiw buildinge with servants' quarbers and garages located at the junction of Shrwhai sad Ninspo Roads In Nanking, Chin. The 2as ws made between the Sin Una Trust and Savings Bankj Limiteds as Usaser, and the Sezetary of State of the United States of America, acting by Willa R. Peak, Counsol of the American Enasy at Nanklig, as lessee. In pursuawe at said contrat, the lasar construted these buiings for use as office and living quarters for the American abassy at Nanirg. The lease stipulates a rental of 30O0 yuan dollare per month to be paid In advance canancing on the date the premiss are accepted by the lessee as ready for ocai- pay. The prmises we aoepted for occupancy on August 28, 1936 a gvidenced by a cert1fioate of amnmet of the leas signed by the lase. and the lessor. The lase expires on Awuat 28, 1947. Both the lease in questi and the certificate of cam meient of sue were tranmitted to the Audit Division at the General Account- ing Office respectively under coer of this Deparmnt 's lettere of Nowmber 12, 1935 and March 5, 1937. Reports receiwd through the Swi, who wre representizE American interests, indicate that ty August, 1943, tie Japanese had occupied these premisee. Ch September 18, 1945, a contingent of the Americai Ebassy at Chagking, China, arriwd at anking for the purpose of makig preprations isident to the removal of the seat of the Chinese ooveTment from Chungking to Nankinc where it is cotamplated the American Embasey will be located in the not too distant fatre. Bcause of the Japanese occupation and with the passage of t1ne, toe buildings have undergmne deterioration. Under the terms of the lease, the lessor is charged with making sepairs. Caditiais M 4rafttinally changed since the aifract was entered into, the most cracil change being extrme inflation in China. Inflation has gonG to such an extent that the lessor is now receiving, in terms of United States carrscy, between two and three dollars per month.

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