893.515/339: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Gauss)

331. Your 473, October 18, 4 p.m., last sentence, in regard to export of silver. Department will await receipt of Shanghai’s report which should contain a detailed statement of the situation and, if possible, [Page 453] an indication of the views of and the action, if any, contemplated by the representatives of the other principally interested powers.

In the absence of further instructions, Department does not desire that protest in regard to this subject be lodged with the Chinese Government.

Phillips