Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Volume I

893.811/284: Telegram

The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

Peking, January 21, 1918, 8 p.m.
[Received January 21, 4 p.m.]

Your January 16, 7 p.m. Have spoken to His Excellency, Hsiung, and he has authorized Chinese Minister by cable.

As the advance is provided for in the main contract,⁴³ it is not clear what further negotiations necessary except arranging details of the advance.

Reinsch

43. Foreign Relations, 1917, p. 225.