893.516/602: Telegram
The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State
Paris, May 12,
1939—4 p.m.
[Received May 12—12:11 p.m.]
[Received May 12—12:11 p.m.]
932. Laurent, Vice Governor of the Banque de l’Indo-Chine, has just informed me that the Japanese Government has asked British, French and American banks in Shanghai to deal with the new Chinese banks which they have created (Hua-Hsien Bank). The British banks have refused flatly to comply with this request; the French banks were instructed yesterday also to refuse; and Paris is informed that the American banks have replied that they will consider the question.
Bullitt