File No. 893.51/1945b
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China ( MacMurray)
[Telegram]
Washington,
July 31, 1918, 5 p.m.
Chinese Minister here some days ago promised to inquire of his Government the amount of loan desired, for what purposes, and upon what security. No reply thus far received. Please obtain the information which is needed by the banking group here prepared to lend.
Polk