860c.24/61
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Poland (Stetson)
Sir: With reference to your confidential despatch No. 1163 of July 14, 1927, requesting instructions regarding the assistance to be rendered to American companies interested in negotiating for a contract [Page 607] with the Polish Government for the sale of arms, the Department, in the circumstances, desires that if approached in the premises by any other company, you request instructions of the Department as was done in the Legation’s telegram No. 7, January 22, 11 a.m., with respect to Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company.
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