Correspondence dated May 1919-February 1920, between Commercial Attache Julean Arnold, Peking, China, and the Bureau, Washington, D.C., in connection with the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods:  

• Letter dated May 19, 1919 from Commercial Attache Julean Arnold, Peking, China, to the Bureau, Washington, D.C. on the subject of Chinese boycott of Japanese goods - 3p. Includes a table showing figures of Japanese goods purchased by China in 1917, according to the type of product. 
• Resume of cablegram sent by Arnold to Mr. Reinsch, American Minister at Peking (?), dated May 18, 1919, regarding the meeting between Arnold and prominent local political and business figures to discuss the present situation and the advisability of the foreign communities - 3p. 
• Commercial Attache Division forwarding Arnold's report to Department of Commere, dated July 23, 1919 - 1p.  
• Letter from Polk, Frank L., Acting Secretary of State to Secretary of Commerce, dated May 21, 1919, stating that the suggestions of the Commercial Attache are inconsistent with their current policy - 1p
• Reply from Sweet, E.F., Acting Secretary of Commerce, to Polk, Frank L., Acting Secretary of State, dated May 26, 1919, providing further arguments to concilate Arnold's position with the Secretary of State policy- 1p
• Letter from Acting Secretary of State to Secretary of Commerce, dated June 9, 1919, reporting on Arnold report and related discussion - 1p
• Letter from Commercial Attache Division to Arnold, Commercial Attache, Peking, China dated June 20, 1919, regarding future transmission of cablegrams - 1p
• Letter from Acting Secretary of State, dated July 14, 1919, to Secretary of Commerce, enclosing a copy of letter from the Division of Operations, US Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, to be circulated to American manufacturers and shippers - 2p
• Letter from Acting Commercial Attache, Office of Trade Commissioner, Shanghai, dated December 14, 1919, to Director of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, reporting on the Chinese boycott in Shanghai - 2p
• Letter from Acting Commercial Attache, Peking, dated December 30, 1919, to Director of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, on the subject of Japanese boycott in Shanghai - 2p
• Letter from Acting Commercial Attache, Peking, to Director of Bureau, Washington, D.C. dated January 5, 1920, on the subject of "Boycott of Japanese Goods", enclosing a clipping from the newspaper North China Star, dated January 2, 1920, entitled "Committee of 28 ... Stamp Japanese Goods" - 2p
• Letter from U.S. Trade Commissioner, Peking, dated January 30, 1920, on the subject of "List of Boycotted Japanese Goods". Includes a 6-p "List of Non-Chinese Goods" provided by the National Goods Protection Department, arranged according to the type of product (food; cloth, thread, silk and yarn; paper; matches; inks; pens & pencils; liquor; cigarettes; cosmetics and tooth-powder; sodas and soaps; articles for decoration; boots, shoes and hats; miscellaneous goods; medicine; ), with their mark and number of counts - 7p
• Letter from Acting Cmomercial Attache, Peking, to Director of Bureau, dated April 10, 1920, on the subject of "Goods formerly supplied to China from Japan" - 1p  
• Letter from Acting Cmomercial Attache, Peking, to Director of Bureau, dated April 13, 1920, on the subject of "The Students' Union boycott" - 2p 
• Letter from A.P. Niblack, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Director of Naval Intelligence, to Lt. Thomspon, State Department, Commerce Department, etc. dated February 26, 1920, on the subject of "Despatch sent by Japanese Minister to the Chinese Foreign Office regarding Boycott of Japanese goods" - 1p 
• Letter from A.P. Niblack, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Director of Naval Intelligence, to Lt. Thomspon, State Department, Commerce Department, etc. dated February 26, 1920, on the subject of "Boycott of Japanese Cargo on Lower Yantse." Includes a table showing figures of Chinese Shipments from Hankow to Shanghai - 4p