800.6354/162: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
1277. Reference Department’s 1237, October 17, 7 p.m. There still is no improvement in offerings of tin in the East and the situation for consumers here is becoming critical. Todd still has no reply to his two direct cables to Campbell. Please discuss the situation with appropriate officials. It should be in the interest of producers to grant the consumers’ demand for unrestricted production for there can be little doubt that all the tin that can be produced over the next several months would be purchased without delay. American consumption continues at the rate of 120,000 tons of tin per year.