Correspondence between Commercial Attache Arnold, Peking, and Director of Bureau, Washington, D.C. regarding the program, preparation and confidential nature of trade reports in China; 

• Letter dated October 11, 1920 from Bureau to Arnold on the subject of "Program of Economic and Commercial Reports" - 2p
• Letter dated November 24, 1920 from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Preparation of Trade Reports" - 2p
• Letter dated November 11, 1920 from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Weekly Reports" - 2p
• Letter dated December 14, 1920 from Arnold, Shanghai, to Bureau, on the subject of "Confidential Nature Weekly Letters" - 1p
• Letter dated November 10, 1920 from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Weekly Economic and Trade Reports" - 1p
• Letter dated November 10, 1920 from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Weekly Economic and Trade Reports" - 1p
• Letter dated December 3, 1920 from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Weekly Economic Reports" - 1p
• Letter dated January 6, 1921, from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Program of Economic and Commercial Reports" - 1p
• Memorandum for Foreign Service Division from Chief, Editorial Division, dated January 24, 1921, commenting on suggestions made by Arnold and various trade organizations - 1p
• Letter dated February 28, 1921, from Arnold to Bureau, on the subject of "Distribusion of Special Material in the United States" - 2p
• Letter dated September 21, 1921, from the Bureau, Washington, D.C., to Commercial Attache Arnold, Peking, requesting specific reports and economic information: boycott of Japanese goods by Chinese purchasers in different regions of China, effects of the transfer of Russians and Gernans to Chinese Jurisdication.
• Letter dated January 24, 1922, from the Bureau, Washington, D.C., to Commercial Attache Arnold, Peking, requesting specific economic information: total imports and exports, exports by groups and by key commodities, crop estimates, note circulation qnd metallic reserve, budget figures, production statistics of leading commodities; unemployment figures, prices and cost of livingm bank and market discout rates, business failures
• Letter dated January 19, 21, 28 1921, from the Bureau, Washington, D.C., to Commercial Attache Arnold, on the subject of "Confidential Nature Weekly Letters" - 1p
• Correspondence dated March -December 1921, on the subject of "Weekly Letters" - 7p
• Letter dated January 6, 1921 on the subject of "Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 20, 1921"
• Series of letters dated January-November 1921 on the subject of "Semi-monthly Trade Reports" 
• Outline for Semi-Monthly Trade Report (1921) - 1p
  1. General Business Conditions
  2. Exchange, Credits and Banking
  3. Finance and Investments
  4. Agriculture and Crops
  5. Exports
  6. Imports
  7. Shipping and Freights
  8. Transportation and Communications
  9. Mines and Minerals
  10. Industries
  11. Miscellaneous Trade Notes
  12. Unclassified