File No. 861.0145.
The Department of State to the Russian Embassy.
Referring to the inquiry contained in the memorandum of the Russian Embassy of the 12th instant, in connection with the subject of the Russian law assuming, for customs purposes, a jurisdiction of twelve nautical miles from the coasts, it may be stated that there is no record of any protest having been made at any time by Great Britain against the enactment of sections 2760, 2867 and 3067 of the Revised Statutes of the United States providing for a zone of four leagues from the coast within which the authority of the United States customs officers is exercised.
Washington , April 18, 1910.