‘ @ ® December Wir. Ve Ae Browning Liege, Dear 18th, 1931. Browning, Arms Company, Belgiun, Vals: complaint with the finds it necessary An alleged importer of Superposed Guns has filed Customs Office in New York, to the effect that he to enter the Superposed gun at a value of $55.00, whereas value our entered AS is $34.50, a result, a | the New York Customs Office instructed the Chicago office, to send a Special Agent here to investieg gate the situation with a view of determining if such discrimination existed, He N. Gillman, After identifying himself, Office), I freely The Customs explaining gave | Agent, who has visited us, is Mr. the purpose of his visit and properly (which I verified through the local Customs him such information i explained established on the Ventilated Rib as he requested, to him that the foregin value gun $34.50. He the at had had been affidavits which you and F, N. had prepared; in fact, apparentlhad y the full file on our case with him, He made two visits to our office, His first visit was made rather late in the afternoon and we did not have time to get the data he wanted out of our invoices, beforehe had to leave. He promised to call the following day but did not do so and returned only yesterday for this additional information, obteining bility information of rebates, Yesterday, he was as to whether or etc,, particularly interested in not there might be any possi- in any form from F, N. to us or vice versa, which would really affect the value as shown on the commercial invoice or the consular invoice, which information, as you know, is the same, gave him up his copies report. of i went over various invoices samples of some of them, which I also showed him the with him; in fact, he will use in making cancelled ‘cheeks our remittance advices to F. N, wherein an explanation regarding payments of invoices as well as other items. At the conclusion was emphatic in his statement that his favorable to us. . He stated, however, investigation made made here confirmed that information verified, and and over there had with given of the conference yesterday, he report would certainly be most that there would likely be an of a similar he together was nature acquired to the here, might one he had thus be